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Lands and grooves.
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How is barrel rifling different in an air gun?
Essentially the same
Where do you find rifling on a gun?
Inside the barrel.
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.
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 gun barrel rifling?
Grooves cut into the inside of a gun barrel for the purpose of spinning the bullet when fired.
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.
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.
What are smooth bores?
Smooth bores are bores or barrels in guns that do not contain rifling. Rifling is made up of lands and grooves that cause the bullet to turn within the barrel of the gun. This turning gives the bullet and gun its accuracy. A smooth bore gun is much less accurate than a rifled bore gun.
A utensil used to cut groves into the barrel of a gun?
broach is the tool to cut rifling.
Why do bullets not curve when coming out of the gun barrel?
because the rifling in the barrel makes it go straight.
