FireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDesert Eagle Carbinelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down14
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minus-squareJimbabwe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoWhat does the fluted barrel do?
minus-squareGarbanzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoReduces weight without giving up too much rigidity
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoideally, flutes would equal more surface area to radiate heat evenly to avoid burning the user / barrel deformation. TBH the mag size and rof here make a fluted barrel seem doofy. and the transition from slide to barrel just look like bad photoshop.
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoDeagles are inherently goofy, stocked long barrel deagles are extra doofy
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 months agoyup. I think the only time I’ve ever appreciated the weapon was in the hands of Vinnie Jones
What does the fluted barrel do?
Reduces weight without giving up too much rigidity
ideally, flutes would equal more surface area to radiate heat evenly to avoid burning the user / barrel deformation. TBH the mag size and rof here make a fluted barrel seem doofy. and the transition from slide to barrel just look like bad photoshop.
Deagles are inherently goofy, stocked long barrel deagles are extra doofy
yup. I think the only time I’ve ever appreciated the weapon was in the hands of Vinnie Jones