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I would think so. You can fire a gun underwater, why not in a vacuum?

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Quote: from barnabas at 8:19 pm on Sep. 2, 2008

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I think it would depend on the type of gun.

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i'm less interested on the ballistics part of it, just the will it firing

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again, I think it would depend on the gun. gunpowder has its own oxidizer, so it will fire in space, given the right kind of bullet.

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I would think so. You can fire a gun underwater, why not in a vacuum?

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Yea but water does contain oxygen, and with the heat generated from the combustion...idk the specifics but i would think if oxygen was necessary water could provide enough oxygen

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Post edited at 5:39 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 by WhiteDwarf

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Perhaps that would be enough for the combustion that would fire off the bullet, perhaps not?

Not a very important question to scientists unless we are going to start wars on the moon.

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It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor.

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Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008

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It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor.

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you mean the gun would move around the bullet?

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No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind.

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Quote: from jonlester31 at 9:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008

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Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008

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It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor.

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you mean the gun would move around the bullet?

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No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind.

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I highly doubt that it would be that severe.  Guns dont knock you over on earth so they certainly wont send you spinning at deadly rates.

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Quote: from allsmiles at 9:32 am on Sep. 4, 2008

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Quote: from jonlester31 at 9:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008

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Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008

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It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor.

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you mean the gun would move around the bullet?

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 No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind.

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I highly doubt that it would be that severe.  Guns dont knock you over on earth so they certainly wont send you spinning at deadly rates.

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Actually, it would be that severe.  There's friction on Earth.  

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