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 mentioned rifles have grooves in the barrel cut into the bullet to impart spin…
However Shotguns are smooth barreled with larger diameter bullets (slugs) – folks shoot “rifled” slugs (bullets) to get some spin, otherwise I’d imagine it wouldn’t spin much and tumble more….if you were to cut out 2 channels it might do the lift thing, but be counteracted by the slug eventually tumbling…ooh maybe a slug that deploys “wings”…in both situations you would have to be sure the slug loaded perfectly in plane with how you wanted it to “fly upwards” to….
/end rambling…
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