Tbh i dont fully understand the Coriolis Effect either, i only understand that it makes wind blow in different directions depending on your latitude but i dont know why.
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The “drift” is because the target is standing (and therefore moving with) a rotating Earth, while the bullet, once it leaves the barrel of the gun, is free of Earth’s rotation. The bullet moves in a linear path; the air that is moving with the Earth is not providing enough resistance/force to bring the bullet along with it (which is good for the shooter, because if air resistance was that strong, bullets wouldn’t be able to fly **through** air like they do, making them useless). That means that, to the shooter or observer, the bullet may appear to drift sideways, with the direction dependent on the direction of the shot relative to the direction of the Earth’s rotation.
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