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  • Mar 3, 2008, 10:16 PM
    hern172
    Bullet accuracy
    After a bullet leaves the barrel the speed of its spin gradually slows down right? And the slower the spin gets the less accurate it is. If I made a bullet that held the speed of its spin throughout its entire flight it would be more accurate at longer distances right?
  • Nov 24, 2009, 09:49 AM
    dwsdwedfw
    Yes
  • Nov 25, 2009, 03:38 AM
    Capuchin

    I don't think the frictional forces against spin are significant over the flight time of a normal bullet, which can be spinning at up to 5 kHz. If you spin it too much faster - the bullet can break up from centrifugal forces.
  • Nov 29, 2009, 12:32 PM
    FlyYakker

    Capuchin is absolutely correct, and in any case the complexity/cost involved in getting the spin to remain constant (supposing it to be even possible) would outweigh any theoretical benefit to practical applications.

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