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Ballistics deals with - ✔✔The science of moving projectiles
When shooting uphill, the gun will shoot - ✔✔High
In what type of terrain are vertical winds usually encountered? -
✔✔Mountainous or hilly areas
What is the name of the test data, compiled in Germany in 1881 that turned
out to be the basis for ballistics tables for small arms right up to the present
time? - ✔✔Krupp test data
When shooting downhill, the gun will shoot: - ✔✔High
What is the altitude used for most ballistics tables? - ✔✔Sea level
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, Who invented the ballistic pendulum in the year 1740? - ✔✔Robins
After a bullet leaves the rifle barrel, what two forces act on the bullet's
trajectory? - ✔✔Gravity and the force due to the air flow around the bullet.
The ballistic pendulum was based upon laws of mechanics formulated by: -
✔✔Sir Isaac Newton
A bullet's reaction to wind depends on what two factors? - ✔✔Speed and
direction of the wind
The primary advantage of a Progressive press is: - ✔✔Higher rate of
cartridge assembly compared to single stage press
What is "start pressure?" - ✔✔The amount of pressure necessary for the
bullet to overcome the initial forces of friction
What is case obturation? - ✔✔The ability of a case to expand and then
return to its basic shape
The dent, coming from the firing pin striking the metal side of the primer,
creates the pressure needed to ignite the priming mixture. - ✔✔True
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