Obturation
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obturation-242-8923388
title:
Obturation
text:
Obturation is the necessary barrel blockage or fit in a firearm or airgun created by a deformed soft projectile. A bullet or pellet made of soft material and often with a concave base will flare under the heat and pressure of firing, filling the bore and engaging the barrel's rifling. The mechanism by which an undersized soft-metal projectile enlarges to fill the barrel is, for hollow-base bullets, expansion from gas pressure within the base cavity and, for solid-base bullets, "upsetting"—the co
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Seal created by deformation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obturation
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2024-04-14T06:53:58Z
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