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How is Pressure related to Bullets?

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What exactly are the relations of Pressure for a bullet being fired from like a standard Assault rifle M4?

Does the bullet carry the pressure while in motion because it has force?

I am just trying to visualize that.
 
What exactly are the relations of Pressure for a bullet being fired from like a standard Assault rifle M4?

Does the bullet carry the pressure while in motion because it has force?

I am just trying to visualize that.
Pressure is a type of force continually exerted on an object. Bullets experience pressure when fired out of a gun due to the the gas produced from the combustion of gunpowder. When a bullet leaves a gun however, the force that was initially pushing it out is lost due to it no longer being trapped gas behind it. However, the bullet itself now carries force due to its acceleration.

TL;DR, force is exerted on the bullet via pressure, which accelerates to to have its own physical force.
 
Pressure is a type of force continually exerted on an object. Bullets experience pressure when fired out of a gun due to the the gas produced from the combustion of gunpowder. When a bullet leaves a gun however, the force that was initially pushing it out is lost due to it no longer being trapped gas behind it. However, the bullet itself now carries force due to its acceleration.

TL;DR, force is exerted on the bullet via pressure, which accelerates to to have its own physical force.
Okay, thank you, so I am just trying to get what kind of stats this would give the character and/or weapon If the bullets are propelled with massive pressure.

For context, bullets fired with a nanoscopic Impeller Coil which are used for increasing pressure, since pressure operates by force / area,

Using the average force of a bullet (2684 newtons) and the area of the pressure for Impeller (7.8539816e-19 m^2), the pressure would be (3.42e+21 Pascal)

Just trying to grasp what stats that would give.
 
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