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creating such grooves. The
opposite of
rifling is smoothbore.
Rifling is
measured in
twist rate, the
distance the
rifling takes to
complete one full revolution...
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Polygonal rifling (/pəˈlɪɡənəl/ pə-LIG-ə-nəl) is a type of gun
barrel rifling where the
traditional sharp-edged "lands and grooves" are
replaced by less...
- power, with a
barrel that has a
helical or
spiralling pattern of
grooves (
rifling) cut into the bore wall. In
keeping with
their focus on accuracy, rifles...
- A
smoothbore weapon is one that has a
barrel without rifling.
Smoothbores range from
handheld firearms to
powerful tank guns and
large artillery mortars...
- rear
section is
without rifling, and
allows the
bullet an
initial "run-up" to
build up
momentum before encountering riflings during shooting. The most...
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exhaustive series of
experiments on
bullets and
rifling, and he
invented the
important system of
light rifling with
increasing spiral and a
hardened bullet...
- a
helical groove or
pattern of
grooves ("
rifling") cut into the
barrel walls. The
raised areas of the
rifling are
called "lands,"
which make
contact with...
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Americans would define the
shoulder angle at alpha/2 = 23 degrees. The
common rifling twist rate for this
cartridge is 305 mm (1 in 12 in), 6 grooves, Ø lands...
- into the
rifling of the
barrel and
forms a gas seal; this seal
prevents the
gases from
blowing past the s**** and
engages the barrel's
rifling to spin-stabilize...
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weapons found during the
American Civil War, used the Minié ball.: 55
Rifling, the
addition of
spiral grooves inside a gun barrel,
imparts a stabilizing...
