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The purpose is to make the bullet spin as it leaves the rifle. The spin makes the bullet travel in a straight line, and allows for accurate shooting at longer distances.
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What is gun barrel rifling?
Grooves cut into the inside of a gun barrel for the purpose of spinning the bullet when fired.
The main purpose of rifling features in a gun barrel is to?
It causes the bullet to spin which makes it go straighter.
What is th purpose of rifling a gun barrel?
Rifling a gun barrel causes the bullet to spin when it comes out. This makes the bullet fly more straight and greatly improves accuracy. Much like a spinning football spirals.
Where do you find rifling on a gun?
Inside the barrel.
What is different terms for rifling of a gun?
Lands and grooves.
How do you determine what gun a bullet was shot from?
You compare the rifling marks on the bullet to the rifling in the barrel. You can also compare the firing pin mark on the primer to the firing pin on the gun.
How do you tell what gun was fired by the round?
Type of rifling/twist.
How is barrel rifling different in an air gun?
Essentially the same
What does rifling do to the bullet?
Rifling will leave grooves--impression in a bullet. These grooves can indicate the manufacturer of the gun that fired that bullet, AND, if there is a suspected gun in particular, microscopic variations can be used to confirm or refute that gun's involvement to a high degree of certainty.
What is rifling of the firearm. give purpose in a firearm?
The rifling in a firearm is designed to cause the project (bullet) to spin, increase stability and accuracy.
Which type of weapon does not have nay rifling?
shot gun and very early muskets
What is the barrel twist of a Remington model 600 reminton?
The twist on the inside of a gun-barrel is called rifling. I dont know the specific pitch of the rifling in this particular gun but thought you would like to know the proper terminology.
