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English translation: driving band


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French term or phrase:bague de prise des rayures
English translation:driving band
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18:31 Nov 14, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Guns
French term or phrase: bague de prise des rayures
This is taken from a test report for samples of bullets sent to the French police for testing. I know nothing about guns, so this one is fairly difficult for me.
Context: Le sabot polymère du projectile (bague de prise des rayures) de la Balle de Défense gonfle lorsqu’il est porté à une température positive élevée pertubant ainsi fortement son introduction dans la chambre du canon du LBD.
Neal Allen
Dominican Republic
Local time: 14:48
driving band
Explanation:
The webrefs below (and several others I've looked at) suggest that the polyurethane sleeve is designed to derive rotational energy from the rifling in the gun barrel, thus generating the gyroscopic stabilization mentioned by other contributors here.

The problem, from a forensic point of view, would be that the marks on the projectile that would normally be caused by the rifling of the barrel do not occur, because of the swelling of the sleeve/band; consequently the projective is 'anonymous' in the same way as a projectile fired from a smooth barrel is anonymous.

The text about whether or not the ammo will slide out of the barrel is related to the fact that a plastic drive band can be a slightly tighter fit that it's metal counterpart (because it 'gives'), and because of the barrel choke (reduced bore at the 'exit end').

http://www.ammunitionpages.com/sample.php?resource_id=2zr3z6...
"Pre-engraving a driving band means that the projectile must be loaded in such a manner as to line up the rifling in the weapon and the pre- ..."

See also: http://www.vet.uga.edu/VPP/IA/SRP/vfp/guns&ammo.html
"Smooth-bore firearm – Some shotguns and muzzleloaders do not have rifling grooves cut into their barrels. Thus, shotgun pellets, slugs, and muzzleloader balls fired from the weapons cannot be matched back to a specific weapon...."

"Rifling – Grooves are cut into the barrels of rifles and some shotguns to place a spiral motion on a projectile as it leaves the barrel. This promotes a more linear flight path and is a similar principle to the spiral motion applied when throwing a football. Rifling marks left on a projectile can help in matching a projectile to a specific weapon."

Slug – Slugs are another type of projectile that may be loaded into shotgun shells. There are two basic types, the Foster (right) and Sabot slugs (left). Foster slugs are grooved so that they rifle when fired through a smooth-bore shotgun. Sabot slugs are discharged with a polyurethane sleeve.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug
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Les rayures, la gyroscopie et la gyrostabilisation
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driving band


Explanation:
The webrefs below (and several others I've looked at) suggest that the polyurethane sleeve is designed to derive rotational energy from the rifling in the gun barrel, thus generating the gyroscopic stabilization mentioned by other contributors here.

The problem, from a forensic point of view, would be that the marks on the projectile that would normally be caused by the rifling of the barrel do not occur, because of the swelling of the sleeve/band; consequently the projective is 'anonymous' in the same way as a projectile fired from a smooth barrel is anonymous.

The text about whether or not the ammo will slide out of the barrel is related to the fact that a plastic drive band can be a slightly tighter fit that it's metal counterpart (because it 'gives'), and because of the barrel choke (reduced bore at the 'exit end').

http://www.ammunitionpages.com/sample.php?resource_id=2zr3z6...
"Pre-engraving a driving band means that the projectile must be loaded in such a manner as to line up the rifling in the weapon and the pre- ..."

See also: http://www.vet.uga.edu/VPP/IA/SRP/vfp/guns&ammo.html
"Smooth-bore firearm – Some shotguns and muzzleloaders do not have rifling grooves cut into their barrels. Thus, shotgun pellets, slugs, and muzzleloader balls fired from the weapons cannot be matched back to a specific weapon...."

"Rifling – Grooves are cut into the barrels of rifles and some shotguns to place a spiral motion on a projectile as it leaves the barrel. This promotes a more linear flight path and is a similar principle to the spiral motion applied when throwing a football. Rifling marks left on a projectile can help in matching a projectile to a specific weapon."

Slug – Slugs are another type of projectile that may be loaded into shotgun shells. There are two basic types, the Foster (right) and Sabot slugs (left). Foster slugs are grooved so that they rifle when fired through a smooth-bore shotgun. Sabot slugs are discharged with a polyurethane sleeve.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug

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Reference: Les rayures, la gyroscopie et la gyrostabilisation

Reference information:
La très grande majorité des canons des armes contemporaines sont rayés, ceci est valable depuis l'arme de poing jusqu'au canon de marine. Les canons non-rayés sont dits lisses. Une rayure parcourt toute la longueur du canon en son intérieur, en tournant autour de l'axe du canon, et forme ainsi une sorte d'ellipse. Suivant l'arme, le nombre de rayures varie de 4 à 6. Ces rayures servent à mettre le projectile en rotation. Une partie de l'énergie procurée par la combustion de la charge est donc dédiée à la rotation du projectile dans les rayures. Donc, l'énergie mise à la seule disposition de la vitesse du projectile est réduite par rapport à celle d'une même munition utilisée dans une arme avec un canon lisse. Energie totale = énergie dédiée à la projection de la balle + énergie dédiée à l'entretien de la rotation de la balle. Puisque sur un canon rayé la portée du projectile est réduite, pourquoi les canons rayés sont-ils si répandus et appréciés?

Il faut alors expliquer ce qu'est la gyroscopie.
Lorsqu'un corps est en rotation autour de son axe d'inertie, il devient alors très difficile de le déstabiliser. C'est pour cette raison qu'il est plus facile de tenir en équilibre sur un vélo en mouvement (ses roues tournent) que sur un vélo à l'arrêt (ses roues sont immobiles), c'est pour cette raison qu'une toupie reste debout lorsqu'elle tourne sur elle-même alors qu'elle tombe une fois stoppée, et c'est aussi pour cette raison qu'il est plus facile pour un basketeur de tenir un ballon en rotation au bout de son index plutôt qu'un ballon immobile. Ce phénomène s'appelle la gyroscopie.

Pour revenir aux projectiles d'arme à feu : les rayures imposent une rotation au projectile, cette rotation est conservée par inertie même une fois le projectile éjecté du canon. Grâce à l'effet de gyroscopie, le projectile est beaucoup moins sensible à toute tentative de modification de sa trajectoire que pourraient lui imposer le vent, la pluie, les feuillages, etc ... Le projectile est gyrostabilisé. Voilà donc l'intérêt des rayures : elles augmentent la précision du tir. Des balles tirés par un canon rayé pointé dans une certaine direction et dans un environnement instable arrivent toutes dans une certaine zone. Les mêmes balles (issues des mêmes munitions) tirés par un canon lisse pointé dans une certaine direction et dans le même environnement arrivent dans une zone plus large, elles sont plus dispersées. Les rayures diminuent la dispersion (avantage) mais elles diminuent aussi la porté (inconvénient).
http://briconique.free.fr/canons.html

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