basically I’m curious if it’s theoretically possible to add little channels or grooves into a bullet for air to flow through that would generate any amount of lift which would allow that bullet to travel further?
Just want to quickly add in really enjoying all of these responses where you guys are coming up with little “hacks”. Very fun reading all of these replies!
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As others have said, not really. Although, interestingly, you can actually have deflections in the bullet’s trajectory as it spins through a crosswind because of how it rolls the wind around itself. So, is it conceivable you could switch between clockwise and counterclockwise rifled guns to achieve slightly more lift in different crosswinds? I guess, but it’s EXTREMELY negligible.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_external_ballistics
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