HOW MUCH? - Qua Libra? .. CALIBRE. - Don't be DAFTE

 John Dafte of London was a gunmaker in the 1660-1670 era who is said by some to have made the FIRST Breech loading handgun ..

A captive screw barrel ..

And an early REVOLVER Snaphance gun by John DAFTE

I'm just passing this on .. as a matter of interest. - What do I know?

The modern spelling of CALIBER is the same word as CALIBRE and there are some who say     that it comes from QUA LIBRE - the Latin for 'How Much?' .. sounds reasonable to me, having been taught Latin during my first year at Grammar School I can still recite amo amas amat amamus amatis amant - that's all there is for an 11 year old to know about LOVE.

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So .. who needs a barrel anyway?

I'm not going to say anything here other than you can read this story ...

https://gunsmagazine.com/discover/who-needs-a-barrel/

- Been snubbed lately?

NOW .. Those of us with more curiosity than brains should be prepared to find that a bullet fired without any barrel - may well EXPAND from the gas pressure impacting it's base while unconfined by the bore of a gun.

PISTOL & REVOLVER DIGEST Published 1976

The year I escaped from UK weather and came to New Zealand

Publishers back then were not so frightened of being sued by dumbass morons who injure themselves.

Interesting eh

UPSET or EXPANDED Bullets fired from very short revolvers - NO Barrel = INERTIA but No friction.

It's all been done before

DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME.

Boiling water may be HOT - SALTED PEANUTS may contain Peanuts.

Marty K.