You'll find that the visor line does indeed carry the "expression" one would assume he'd have considering his personality/what's being discussed/what's going on. It's a clever little art-trick that they're pulling off. Someone else noticed it in one of the first few comics that he was featured in, and ever since then it's been standing out to me.flying_whimsy said:
Percussive force sets off the primer. The center of a primer has to be impacted to ignite the gunpowder. It's called a firing pin, it snaps forward when the trigger is pulled, it impacts the primer which creates heat which ignites the gun-powder. Squeezing it will not do that. If anything, the saber going through the shell and the percussion cap should have caused detonation; as it pierced the percussion cap, the squeezing of the shell should not. Even then, the shell is out of a firing chamber, so the shell casing will just explode, fragmenting in a circle around it, and the round will drop off since it's too heavy to be propelled by an uncontrolled explosion, the round needs to be confined to a barrel to force it towards a target.Ukomba said:Depending on the explosive, it's not always that easy to set them off, and for sure a shearing force from a sword wouldn't d o it. Gunny compressed the primer at the base which sets off the explosives. Not sure if compression like that would set off a primmer or if it's the percussive force that triggers the chemical reaction, but it's fantasy so oh wellRatGouf said:.
I was assuming a 100% shear force for the saber, given it's performance on the tank. Sure, in reality a sword would impart pressure as it cuts.Vern said:Percussive force sets off the primer. The center of a primer has to be impacted to ignite the gunpowder. It's called a firing pin, it snaps forward when the trigger is pulled, it impacts the primer which creates heat which ignites the gun-powder. Squeezing it will not do that. If anything, the saber going through the shell and the percussion cap should have caused detonation; as it pierced the percussion cap, the squeezing of the shell should not. Even then, the shell is out of a firing chamber, so the shell casing will just explode, fragmenting in a circle around it, and the round will drop off since it's too heavy to be propelled by an uncontrolled explosion, the round needs to be confined to a barrel to force it towards a target.Ukomba said:Depending on the explosive, it's not always that easy to set them off, and for sure a shearing force from a sword wouldn't d o it. Gunny compressed the primer at the base which sets off the explosives. Not sure if compression like that would set off a primmer or if it's the percussive force that triggers the chemical reaction, but it's fantasy so oh wellRatGouf said:
The whole thing is unrealistic, but it's fun. I like Gunny.
