Talk:Dreyse needle gun

message: The...bullet was shaped like an acorn, with the broader end forming a point.  How can the broader end be a point?  If it is a point, it ain't broad surely? SpinningSpark 00:51, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bullet shape

message: Could not find such spring specification. Cursory search returns this article and a couple of others with text that contains "conchoidal spring" in identical paragraphs -- a copy. The reference  to the gun schematics shows a helical (sometimes helicoidal)compression spring. Any contributions?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.183.155 (talk) 18:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Conchoidal Spring(?)

message: Start class.  Needs the additional of in-line citations to reach a higher rating Monstrelet (talk) 09:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: MILHIST initial assessment

message: Why on earth is this article blocked? What is wrong in calling this gun a German invention FFS? It used a very long firing pin to puncture a cartridge in order to discharge a round. What is controversial about that? It seems pretty obvious that the User:Dennis Bratland has issues and roped in an Admin to do the usual WP trick of taking sides against an registered user. Either way, why is this not considered a German invention? That's what I want to know. Can any one explain what I am missing as I don't get the controversy, or the need for a blocked page? 86.179.83.41 (talk) 18:29, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit warring

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message: "Upon release of the trigger, the point of the needle pierces the rear of the cartridge, passes through the powder and hits the primer fixed to the base of the sabot. Thus the burn-front in the black powder charge passes from the front to the rear. This front-to-rear burn pattern minimizes the effect seen in rear-igniting cartridges where a portion of the powder at the front of the charge is forced down and out of the barrel to burn wastefully in the air as muzzle flash. It also ensures that the whole charge burns under the highest possible pressure, theoretically minimising unburnt residues. Consequently, a smaller charge can be used to obtain the same velocity as a rear-ignited charge of the same bullet calibre and weight. It also increases the handling security of the cartridge, since it is virtually impossible to set the primer off accidentally."
I have not found any mention of such considerations in other articles about gun ammunition. If it really mattered a lot, I would expect to find cartridges with an internal axial pin that propagates a hammer strike forward to a primer between the bullet and the main propellant. I am not sure the quoted explanation makes sense, though. Elias (talk) 12:39, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burning direction