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Will a shorter barrel cause mid flight bullet tumble at 4 to 6 hundred yards in the 5.56 NATO?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes,they can,and do tumble when fired from shorter carbine barrels. And at closer ranges than say,a coupld hundred yards.I know because I fired such a round about forty five minutes ago.
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What does a barrel assembly do on a rifle?
The barrel guides and accelerates the bullet out of the rifle, and imparts spin to the bullet to stabilize the bullet in flight.
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.
How do you tell if it's a rifling barrel?
Look through the barrel and when you see helical (spiral like) grooves, then you have a rifling barrel. These grooves make the bullet spin, which stabilizes it (gyroscopically) during flight.
When a rifle is fired horizontally the bullet leaves the barrel and doesnt drop at all for the first 35 meters of flight Is this true?
Depends on rifle, bullet, case design and powder charge.
What effect does rifleing in the barrel of a gun have?
It makes the bullet spin when it is fired- much the same way a football spins in flight. The helps the bullet travel in a straight line, improving the accuracy of the gun.
What is riflings?
Rifling is the spiral groove pattern in a rifle or handgun barrel the purpose of which is to impart spin to the bullet in order to achieve stability in flight.
Does a shotgun sabot slug rise after it leaves the barrel of the gun?
No, a sabot slug does not rise after it leaves the barrel of a gun. No bullet rises after it leaves the barrel of a gun. It always falls from the line of sight of thebarrel. All firearms have to be "sighted in" a bit high to hit a target downrange. At close range, there is little time for a bullet to drop and hit "low" on the target. Down range, however, the drop is more significant. The more time a bullet is in flight, the more it drops below the line of sight of the barrel. But a bullet always begins to drop below the line of sight of the barrel after it leaves the muzzle. Always.
What is a high performance jacket bullet?
A fancy way of saying a jacketed round. Jackets are thin layers of metal (usually copper) which coat the actual bullet itself, providing a smoother surface to both streamline the bullet, and reduce the chance of breakage in the barrel or in flight, as lead is a soft metal, and easily deforms.
What is the flight of a bullet?
It is an arc- properly called a parabola. The faster the bullet, the flatter the arc.
How hot is a bullet when fired?
That varies depending on the cartridge, and how far the bullet is from the firearm in flight. Bullets are heated both from the explosion of gunpowder, and friction as they are forced up the barrel, but begin to cool very quickly. A physics group made a study of measuring the temperature of a bullet in flight using high speed cameras that could measure temperatures from the infrared light emitted by a hot object. Using a 5.56mm firearm (similar to the M16) they found that the bullet was about 513 degrees F measured about 10 ft from the muzzle.
Bullet time in flight?
Need more information.
Why does your bullet tumble when it comes out of the barrel?
Bullets fired from a rifled firearm should NOT tumble in flight. If they do so, it is a sign of problems. This may be caused by different matters that all relate to the rifling in the firearm, and the bullet. First is rifling is badly worn, if the bore is oversized for the bullet, or if rifling is badly fouled with lead/ jacketing metal/powder deposits, the bullet will not be gripped by the rifling and spun, and may not be stable in flight (tumbling) Try cleaning the bore properly, and check for excessive wear at the muzzle. The second condition is the wrong weight/length of bullet for the rate of twist of the rifling. A fast rate of twist, combined with a very fast bullet, MAY result in the bullet "stripping", and not being spun by the rifling. Or a very heavy, slow bullet may not be spun fast enough to stabilize the bullet. Most .22 rimfire rifles are rifled to shoot 40 grain bullets accurately. If loaded with a 60 grain bullet, such as the Aguilla 60 gr SSS, the bullet will not be stabilized, and may tumble in flight.
