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Old 03-23-2009, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by WKC View Post
Just to be clear, I believe you mean to say that the Coriolis effect is not relevant to small arms exterior ballistics due to the short range involved but the gyroscopic stability produced by the rifling is relevant to small arms.

And by the way, how did we get into all this physics on a gunsmithing thread!
You are correct; sorry that was unclear.
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