Derringeer
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When a brass cartridge is ignited, it expands into the walls of the chamber. If a cartridge would be ignited outside of the chamber, it would blow up. In a chamber where the cartridge isn’t fully supported it cracks.
So my question is, what would happen if you made a oval chamber that could take multiple rounds stacked together on top of eachother? Would they still blow up at the weakest spots which are in-between them, or would the geometry make them hold up better?
Here’s a picture that describes what I mean, seen from behind
(each number represent a round, in this case it’s 3 rounds, so the yellow area are rounds/brass and the grey are is the steel chamber)
So my question is, what would happen if you made a oval chamber that could take multiple rounds stacked together on top of eachother? Would they still blow up at the weakest spots which are in-between them, or would the geometry make them hold up better?
Here’s a picture that describes what I mean, seen from behind