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Old 11-19-2010, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SlipBall View Post
Yes, the spiralling effect in the tracer smoke is because of the rifling of the barrel...absolutely
I'm sure other factors were at play too as others have recently mentioned. The rifling of the barrel spins the bullet but it takes other factors to exagerate that spin and make it gyrate to the extent we're seeing in the films.