Like, could you make a smaller version of a 1911 that fires 22lr instead of .45 by just scaling all the parts to the 22lr?

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
    471·
    1 month ago

    Short answer no, not everything scales linearly.

    You’d have 1/8th the powder charge in a chamber with 1/8th the volume, encased by a barrel 1/2 as thick to contain the same pressure as the full size one.

    • neidu3English
      22·
      1 month ago

      Yup, square cube law applies here as well.