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What is a land on a rifle?
More accurately, it would be IN a rifle- inside the barrel. If you look through the EMPTY barrel of a rifle or pistol, you will see spiral lines- the rifling. It consists of GROOVES- the lines cut into the barrel- and LANDS- the part of the barrel between the grooves.
What causes a bullet to spin from a rifle or handgun?
The grooves in the barrel.
What does a rifle have in the barrel?
The barrel of a rifle is characterized by rifling, helical grooves that impart spin on the bullet, stabilizing the projectile in flight.
What causes the spinning of a bullet from a rifle or handgun?
Grooves in the barrel. That is called rifling.
Which gun barrel rifling is best 4 vs 6?
No one best. During WW 1, the 1903A3 rifle was made with 2 lands and grooves- and they shot quite well.
Are all rifle's that are drilled for lands and grooves come out the same or do they change from rifle to rifle?
Each one has its own unique characteristics
Where did the term RIFLE originate?
A rifle has spiral grooves cut on the inside of the barrel. Those grooves are called rifling. The word rifle comes from the German word that means to groove or cut flutes.
Why does a rifle shoot more accurate than a musket?
Lands and grooves aka rifling
What causes the bullet to spin froma rifle or handgun?
The grooves (rifling) cut into the barrel.
Why does a bullet seem to rise from a rifle?
the bullet rises because of the rifling in the grooves of the barrel
What is a smoothbore gun?
A shotgun is an example of a smoothbore. The inside of the barrel has no grooves cut into it, as a rifle would have.
Is a black powder musket considered a rifle?
No, a rifle has rifling in its barrel (spiral grooves to make the bullet spin, thus stabilizing it and improving accuracy). A musket barrel is smooth.
