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The Saiga 12 is basically an 12 guage in an AK-47 form factor.
Usually when people see a fireball they are quick to call it an explosion or a detonation. In actuality, what they've witnessed is a type of explosion called a "Deflagration". Many things are deflagrations. Logs burning in a fireplace are Deflagrating. The primer inside the shotgun is actually detonating. Lead Styphenate or Mercury Fulmanide are used in cartridge primers to start the pyrotechnic train in a bullet/shell. The primer itself is detonating, which kicks off the gunpowder which burns in the shell. Any powder detonations occur in the chamber. As the powder burns and begins to push the projectile out (gas seals with the barrel with something called an "obteration seal"). The powder in the barrel is also deflagrating.

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  • "We don't have awesome accents and we don't have a lot of money". lol I assume you are referring to FPSRussia.

  • @BaneOfXistence4

    FPS who?

  • I'M ALREADY FEELING EMPOWERED WITH KNOWLEDGE!!! Take my subscription and keep it!

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    (Embrases subscription, holds it aloft like a torch) I will not let you down kind sir.

  • is a dry ice bomb considered a detonation? or just a pop?

  • @Doctopie

    Just a rapid dissipation of pressure

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  • @destinws2 you dont know who fps russia is

  • It would be cool if you would make a video with this gun using the "Dragon's Breath" shell in full auto at night.

  • A rocket scientist with a shotgun, now thats awesome in every sense of the word.

  • @BaneOfXistence4 FPS Russia isn't acutely Russian... -.-

  • @notreallydaedalus i am a farmers son in minnesota. pastureland is good. i have plenty of land at my disposal however another problem is that the ground here is so flat that when i shoot my 300 win mag i have to make sure it hits a hill or it could go for ever. south dakota is damn perfect for my kind of shooting. acres on end of valleys

  • youd be a beast at mw3.

  • science in the deep south

  • Hey man.... you would make a good sniper. You would also get PAID for it!

  • I get whipporwhills at my house too, they are awesome to just sit an listen to. so peaceful..

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