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Food for thought No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before. - Colin Greenwood, in the study "Firearms Control", 1972 Did you know? The Model 7400 was introduced in 1982 and in .30-06 was available in both rifle and carbine barrel lengths. It is a gas operated semi-auto. The 22-250 is based on the 250-3000 Savage case necked down to .22 caliber and is so named because of the caliber (22) and the parent case (250). Tikka (and Sako) are now owned by Beretta. Recently updated articles Contact shot ( Admin ) - [ 21:47, 13 April 2024 ] 5.7x28mm ( Admin ) - [ 11:46, 20 February 2024 ] Cooey model 39 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 14:18, 30 March 2020 ] SIG Sauer P226 ( Admin ) - [ 08:34, 29 February 2020 ] Ross rifle ( Terr1959 ) - [ 03:50, 22 August 2018 ] Cooey model 84 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 19:28, 24 June 2018 ] Full metal jacket bullet (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 13:03, 18 March 2018 ] List of assault rifles (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 08:59, 17 March 2018 ] Veronica Foster ( Admin ) - [ 08:52, 11 January 2018 ] Lee-Enfield FAQ (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 08:34, 25 June 2017 ] Latest duscussions Talk:Ross rifle Talk:5.7x28mm Talk:Concealed carry in the United States

Article Of The Moment A Shadowgraph image of a supersonic bullet. The Bow Shockwave is clearly visible as the V-shaped line at the front-most tip of the bullet (far right). A bullet bow shockwave is a physical and audible wave created in the air when a bullet travels at supersonic speeds; meaning faster than the speed of sound. The bullet bow shockwave is the result of air being greatly compressed at the front-most tip of the bullet as it slices through the air. As the bullet moves forward a broadening wave of compressed air trails out diagonally from the bullet tip. The sides of the bullet create a conical waveform. This conical waveform may be audible to a witness as a whip-crack sound. A bullet bow shockwave will be heard by any witness as long as the bullet speed is faster than the speed of sound, whether the bullet was fired from a weapon giving off an openly audible muzzle blast, or a mechanically-suppress-fired muzzle (silenced weapon) blast. If a bullet is fired from a silenced weapon, a witness can mistake the bullet bow audible shockwave whip-crack for the weapon muzzle blast audible wave, which is a separate audible event. It might be noted here that if one is involved in such an event, that the sound you hear from a silenced weapon will not be from the point of origin. Most humans will perceive the sound as being omnidirectional or as emanating from the bullet as it passes by. In History This phenomenon may be of primary importance in the "grassy knoll" theory of the Kennedy Assassination. In fiction This effect was visualized in several bullet time scenes in "The Matrix" Trilogy.