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it depends on the gun, if its a shotgun then im not sure because ive never fired a rifled shotgun barrel. but with slugs in the shotgun yes it will make it much more accurate. and any traditional gun will be much more accurate with a rifled barrel. thats why muskets sucked lol
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What was the invention that made rifles more accurate and distances?
Rifling in the barrels
Why does a rifle shoot more accurate than a musket?
Lands and grooves aka rifling
Gun barrel rifling?
RIFLED firearms are those that have a method of making the bullet spin when fired. This makes for a much more accurate projectile. The oldest and most common means of doing this is buty cutting spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel. These grooves grip the bullet, causing it to spin as it passes up the barrel. The grooves are known as rifling.
Which gun is more accurate pumpmaster 760 or 22 rifle?
it depends on the model .22, in most cases the .22 will be more accurate because of the superior rifling in the barrel
What is a rifle?
A rifle is a firearm with a shoulder-stock which is used to propel a bullet to strike a distant target. The Rifle is distinguished from the muskets of eras past, by the presence of 'rifling'. Rifling is the presence of spiral grooves cut into the interior of the barrel. Rifling induces a spin on the bullet resulting in more stable flight through the air. This spin has the effect of making the firearm more accurate by not only giving the bullet a straighter flight-path, but making the rifle's point of impact more consistent. (Consistency allows the user to properly adjust his sights to ensure his bullets hit where he or she aims.) Previous firearms such as muskets had no rifling. Today shotguns have shoulder stocks, but are typically smooth on the interior and have no rifling. (Some shotguns with rifled barrels exist to shoot specialty 'sabot' ammunition. While still called shotguns by the shooting community at large, the correct term for these firearms is Bore Rifle.) Modern handguns also incorporate rifling, but lack shoulder-stocks and are referred to as pistols.
Who produces better firearms Beretta or Smith and Wesson?
The Beretta is more accurate but Smith and Wesley is more powerful
What civil firearms was deadlier than the musket?
The rifle was more accurate at long range, but slower to load.
What are some consequences of rifling being created?
1. Much more accurate long range shooting. 2. It made hand to hand combat less common.
What is the barrel of a gun?
The barrel of a gun is the metal tube a projectile fires out of. Most barrels contain rifling, these are spiraled-grooves on the inside of the barrel to help the projectile shoot straight. This is why rifles are far more accurate than handguns; they have more rifling. The effect is similar to throwing a perfect spiral in football - the projectile is machined through the barrel to make it predictable and more likely to hit the target it is fired at.
What amunition what more accurate and lethal during the civil war?
Rifled firearms, greatly extending the range of weapons, both for artillery and infantry.
How does the spiral barrel on a gun work?
If you mean the spiral grooves inside of a rifle barrel- those are the lands (high spots) and grooves (low spots) that make up rifling. The bullet, being softer than the steel of the barrel, is pushed into the rifling when fired. The lands cut into the outer edge of the bullet, gripping it, and causes the bullet to rotate with the spiral. This rotation causes the bullet to travel in a straight line as it passes through the air- and is much more accurate than a smoothbore (no rifling) barrel. Ever notice how a football spins when a pass is thrown? Same thing.
Why is polygonal rifling faster than conventional rifling?
There is a lot less resistance with the polygonal rifling. More over, if the polygonal rifling is chrome lined, the walls of the barrel are completely slick and offer less resistance. The projectile, the bullet, goes way faster. IDPA estimation here in the US are 10-30% faster.
