# Shooting the gun, not bullet? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590 "2013-08-31T14:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/21 "2013-09-02T21:41:09Z")
if you put a model airplane on a tread mill will it fly? ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/22 "2013-09-03T02:31:18Z")
Tread mills don’t fly…ever. ---
**Author:** ![MR.TWOSINISTER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr.twosinister/32/6198_2.png) [@MR.TWOSINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MR.TWOSINISTER)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/23 "2013-09-03T04:43:51Z")
^ LOL ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/24 "2013-09-04T20:42:34Z")
Weight and angle of the gun/barrel would factor in too… Post a vid Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 4 ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/25 "2013-09-04T20:51:00Z")
I suspect that at the instant the powder explodes the bullet is going to be trapped between the inertia of the gun and the rod which is fixed, causing the bullet to deform, locking it into the barrel, then causing the barrel to burst. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/26 "2013-09-05T02:32:53Z")
If the rod fills the entire barrel leaving no room for the “explosion” force then I believe it may blow up. If there is some room for the bullet to travel inside the barrel it may spread the force enough. Too many variables about the gun as well. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/27 "2013-09-05T02:38:32Z")
ever seen what mud does stuck in a barrel … you would have more fun with a potato cannon ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590/28 "2013-09-05T17:39:36Z")
Get two equal mass guns. Hang gun A by a string. Load a bullet in gun B. At point blank range shoot gun B at gun A. How far did gun A move? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-the-gun-not-bullet/232590.md?page=1)