For what purpose do rifled barrels put a spin on a traveling bullet?

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Does it give it some sort of added benefit like traveling further vs no spin? Why does that happen physics wise?

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It stabilizes the bullet, keeping it pointy end first.

Arrows have fletches on the side to keep it going point first. A bullet normally doesn’t have that. The center of gravity will shift the heavy back end towards the front. This will disrupt the path of the bullet as well as affect the aerodynamics meaning the range and trajectory will also be negatively impacted.

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