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Ballistics 2 - Long Guns vs Handguns

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This is the second in a serise of formatives teaching the basics of ballistics for a CSI class.
As you move through the presentation; be sure to read all the information and answer all the questions. Also, make sure to fill in your worksheet for your notebook as you go. Here is the link if you need to print a new packet. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gsPhnwjoUw1Bv0Y0tccwToZEtzAv3D9IxhEa9I7xE60/copy?usp=sharing
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Drag the names on to the correct location on the image.
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bullet
cartridge case
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Overall, the diameter of a handgun or rifle cartridge is measured in _______ while the size of shotguns is measured in_______ . Handguns require only _______ hand to fire while _______ require two hands to fire.
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What is the difference between a handgun and a long gun?
Handguns are all semi automatic and long guns are all rifles.
You hold handguns in your hand and longuns are not held in your hand.
Handguns are always short and long guns are always long
Handguns can be fired with 1 hand and long guns require 2 hands to fire.
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Tighter rifling will spin a projectile ___________ while looser rifling will spin the projectile
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What are the main types of long guns?
Machine Guns
Hand Guns
Semi Automatic Rifles
Shotguns
Rifles
What is the difference between a pistol and a semi automatic handgun?
Semi automatics have rifling to control the projectile, and pistols do not.
Semi automatics are larger and more powerful than a pistol
Pistols keep the used cartridge casings while semi automatics expel them
Pistols can ONLY have 6 projectiles while semi automatics can have up to 12.
As a gun is fired the rifling inside the barrel marks the projectile ...
with an invisible pattern
randomly
in the exact same pattern as every other gun of that type.
with its own unique Pattern.
The red indentations on the rifling of the barrel are called...
valleys
lands
dips
grooves
What kind of information do you see on the headstamp
Owner
Caliber
Gun type
Manufacturer
How are bullets and cartridges different?
Cartridges are just the outside part of the bullet
A bullet is part of the cartridge. Cartridges contain all of the parts of the projectile together.
The bullet is the bottom part of the cartridge that is hit by the firing pin.
Bullets are just another name for a cartridge
Match up the action to the correct order it happens in. 1 is the "Hammer is cocked"
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Hammer is pulled back to cocked position
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Trigger is pulled
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Hammer comes down slamming the firing pin into the primer of the cartridge.
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The gunpowder in the cartridge is ignited.
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The bullet is launched from the cartridge and sent down the barrel.
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The rifling spin stabilizes the bullet as it leaves the barrel.
Which has caliber is the largest?
0.22 inches
0.44 inches
0.38 inches
0. 4 inches
Which has caliber is the smallest?
0.38 inches
0.22 inches
0.44 inches
0. 4 inches
Which gauge of shotgun will have the largest sized barrel?
20 gauge
12 gauge
18 gauge
10 gauge
Which gauge of shotgun will have the smallest sized barrel?
10 gauge
12 gauge
18 gauge
20 gauge