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ILLUSTRATES Elias Fernandes
No. The design and functioning of current pistols and the type of ammunition used prevent a projectile from “reversing” and hitting the shooter. The origin of the expression “The shot backfired” is uncertain, but it may refer to the muskets of the 18th century, which were reloaded through the same hole from which the shot came out. The process involved depositing the gunpowder first, then the projectile. (see image above). If, in the desperation of battle, the shooter reversed this order, the shot could go “backwards”. Today, the most that can happen is an explosion in the chamber (where the project is housed) if the person uses an exaggerated amount or the wrong type of gunpowder in an ammunition produced (or recycled) by hand.
Question Vagner Eduardo, São Lourenço, MG
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SOURCES Books Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunitionby Donald E. Carlucci and Sidney S. Jacobson, Shooter’s Bible Guide to Rifle Ballisticsby Wayne van Zwoll, andShooter’s Bible Guide to Cartridgesby Todd Woodward
CONSULTANCY Croesus M. Zanotta, engineer