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If you assume both bullets are stable and flying point forward, the spinning bullet will have more drag; HOWEVER, the whole purpose of spinning the bullet is to keep it stable and point forward. If you do not do this, the bullet yaws and wobbles wildly drammatically increasing the drag.

Therefore, in actual practice, the spinning bullet has less drag because it remains stable and point forward whereas the unspun bullet is unstable and wobbles/tumbles.

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