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| [[Image:105mm tank gun Rifling.jpg|thumb|Rifling of a 105 mm [[Royal Ordnance L7]] tank gun.]]
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| [[Image:Marlin 35 rem 2.jpg|right|thumbnail|Rifling in a [[.35 Remington]] microgroove rifled barrel.]]
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| '''Rifling''' is the process of making [[Helix|helical]] grooves in the [[Gun barrel|barrel]] of a [[gun]] or [[firearm]], which imparts a spin to a [[projectile]] around its long axis. This spin serves to [[gyroscope|gyroscopically]] stabilize the projectile, improving its [[Aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] stability and accuracy.
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| Rifling is often described by its twist rate, which indicates the distance the bullet must travel to complete one full revolution, such as "1 turn in 10 inches" (1:10 inches), or "1 turn in 254 mm" (1:254 mm). A shorter distance indicates a "faster" twist, meaning that for a given velocity the projectile will be rotating at a higher spin rate.
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| The combination of length, weight and shape of a projectile determines the twist rate needed to stabilize it – barrels intended for short, large-diameter projectiles like spherical lead balls require a very low twist rate, such as 1 turn in 48 inches (122 cm).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chuckhawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm |title=The .54 Caliber Muzzleloader |author=Randy D. Smith |publisher=Chuck Hawks}}</ref> Barrels intended for long, small-diameter bullets, such as the ultra-low-drag, 80-[[Grain (mass)|grain]] 0.223 inch bullets (5.2 g, 5.56 mm), use twist rates of 1 turn in 8 inches (20 cm) or faster.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shilen.com/calibersAndTwists.html |title=Products::Rifle Barrels::Calibers and Twists |publisher=Shilen Rifles, Inc.}}</ref>
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| In some cases, rifling will have twist rates that increase down the length of the barrel, called a ''gain twist'' or ''progressive twist''; a twist rate that decreases from breech to muzzle is undesirable, as it cannot reliably stabilize the bullet as it travels down the bore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midwayusa.com/guntecdictionary.exe/showterm?TermID=2535 |title=gain twist |publisher=MidwayUSA GunTec Dictionary}}</ref><ref name=lilja_accurate>{{cite web |url=http://riflebarrels.com/articles/barrel_making/rifle_barrel_accurate.htm |title=What makes a barrel accurate? |author=Dan Lilja}}</ref> Extremely long projectiles such as [[flechette]]s may require impractically high twist rates; these projectiles must be inherently stable, and are often fired from a [[smoothbore]] barrel.
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Zuege.jpg|thumb|right|Traditional rifling of a 9 mm handgun barrel.]]
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| Muskets were [[smoothbore]], large caliber weapons using ball-shaped ammunition fired at relatively low velocity. Due to the high cost and great difficulty of precision manufacturing, and the need to load readily from the muzzle, the musket ball was a loose fit in the barrel. Consequently on firing the ball bounced off the sides of the barrel when fired and the final direction on leaving the muzzle was unpredictable.
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| Barrel rifling was invented in [[Augsburg]], [[Germany]] at the end of the fifteenth century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lrml.org/historical/longrange/history02.htm |title=Long Range Shooting: A Historical Perspective |author=W. S. Curtis}}</ref> In 1520 August Kotter, an armourer of Nuremberg, Germany improved upon this work. Though true rifling dates from the mid-16th century, it did not become commonplace until the nineteenth century.
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| The concept of stabilizing the flight of a projectile by spinning it was known in the days of bows and arrows, but early firearms using black powder had difficulty with rifling because of the fouling left behind by the combustion of the powder. The most successful weapons using rifling with black powder were breech loaders such as the [[Queen Anne pistol]].
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| ===Recent developments===
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| ====Polygonal rifling====
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| [[Image:Polygonal vs normal rifling.svg|thumb|right|Conventional rifling (left) and [[polygonal rifling]] (right). Both types of rifling use a spiraling pattern.]]
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| [[File:Hammer forged 6-right polygonal rifling pattern.png|thumb|right|The spiraling pattern (here with normal rifling) is shown.]]
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| The grooves most commonly used in modern rifling have fairly sharp edges. More recently, [[polygonal rifling]], a throwback to the earliest types of rifling, has become popular, especially in [[handgun]]s. Polygonal barrels tend to have longer service lives because the reduction of the sharp edges of the land (the grooves are the spaces that are cut out, and the resulting ridges are called lands) reduces erosion of the barrel. Supporters of polygonal rifling also claim higher velocities and greater accuracy. Polygonal rifling is currently seen on pistols from [[Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod|CZ]], [[Heckler & Koch]], [[Glock]], [[Tanfoglio]], and [[Kahr Arms]], as well as the [[Desert Eagle]].
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| ====Extended range, full bore concept====
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| For tanks and artillery pieces, the '''extended range, full bore''' concept developed by [[Gerald Bull]] for the [[GC-45 howitzer]] reverses the normal rifling idea by using a shell with small fins that ride in the grooves, as opposed to using a slightly oversized projectile which is forced into the grooves. Such guns have achieved significant increases in muzzle velocity and range. Examples include the [[South Africa]]n [[G5 howitzer|G5]] and the [[Germany|German]] [[PzH 2000]].
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| ====Gain-twist rifling====
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| {{norefs|section|date = September 2013}}
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| Gain-twist rifling begins with very little change in the projectile's [[angular momentum]] during the first few inches of bullet travel after ignition during the transition from [[chamber (firearms)|chamber]] to '''throat'''. This enables the bullet to remain essentially undisturbed and trued to the case mouth. After engaging the rifling the bullet is progressively subjected to [[accelerate]]d [[angular momentum]] as burning powder propels it down the barrel. By only gradually increasing the spin rate, torque is spread along a much longer section of barrel, rather than only at the throat where rifling is eroded through repeated rifling engagement.
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| Gain twist rifling was used as early as the [[American Civil War]] (1861-65). Colt Army and Navy revolvers both employed gain twist rifling. Gain twist rifling, however, is more difficult to produce than uniform rifling, and therefore is more expensive. It is seldom used in commercially available products.
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| ==Manufacture==
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| [[Image:Canon1.JPG|thumb|200px|Rifling in a French 19th century cannon.]]
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| Most rifling is created by either:
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| *cutting one groove at a time with a [[machine tool]] ('''cut rifling''' or '''single point cut rifling''');
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| *cutting all grooves in one pass with a special progressive [[broach (metalwork)|broaching]] bit ('''broached rifling''');
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| *[[machine press|pressing]] all grooves at once with a tool called a "button" that is pushed or pulled down the barrel ('''button rifling''');
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| *[[forge|forging]] the [[barrel (firearms)|barrel]] over a [[mandrel]] containing a reverse image of the rifling, and often the chamber as well ('''hammer forging''');
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| *[[Shear forming#Flow forming|flow forming]] the [[barrel]] preform over a [[mandrel]] containing a reverse image of the rifling ('''rifling by flow forming''')
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| The grooves are the spaces that are cut out, and the resulting ridges are called lands. These lands and grooves can vary in number, depth, shape, direction of twist (right or left), and twist rate (see below). The spin imparted by rifling significantly improves the stability of the projectile, improving both range and accuracy. Typically rifling is a constant rate down the barrel, usually measured by the length of travel required to produce a single turn. Occasionally firearms are encountered with a ''gain twist'', where the rate of spin increases from chamber to muzzle. While intentional gain twists are rare, due to manufacturing variance, a slight gain twist is in fact fairly common. Since a reduction in twist rate is very detrimental to accuracy, [[gunsmith]]s who are [[machining]] a new barrel from a rifled blank will often measure the twist carefully so they may put the faster rate, no matter how minute the difference is, at the muzzle end (see [[internal ballistics]] for more information on accuracy and bore characteristics).
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| ==Construction and operation==
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| A barrel of circular cross-section is not capable of imparting a spin to a projectile, so a rifled barrel has a non-circular cross-section. Typically the rifled barrel contains one or more grooves that run down its length, giving it a cross-section resembling an [[internal gear]], though it can also take the shape of a [[polygonal rifling|polygon]], usually with rounded corners. Since the barrel is not circular in cross-section, it cannot be accurately described with a single diameter. Rifled bores may be described by the '''bore diameter''' (the diameter across the ''lands'' or high points in the rifling), or by '''groove diameter''' (the diameter across the ''grooves'' or low points in the rifling). Differences in naming conventions for [[Cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] can cause confusion; for example, the projectiles of the [[.303 British]] are actually slightly larger in diameter than the projectiles of the [[.308 Winchester]], because the ".303" refers to the bore diameter in inches, while the ".308" refers to the groove diameter in inches (7.70 mm and 7.82 mm, respectively).
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| Despite differences in form, the common goal of rifling is to deliver the projectile accurately to the target. In addition to imparting the spin to the bullet, the barrel must hold the projectile securely and concentrically as it travels down the barrel. This requires that the rifling meet a number of tasks:<ref name=lilja_accurate />
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| *It must be sized so that the projectile will [[swage]] or [[obturate]] upon firing to fill the bore.
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| *The diameter should be consistent, and must not increase towards the muzzle.
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| *The rifling should be consistent down the length of the bore, without changes in cross-section, such as variations in groove width or spacing.
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| *It should be smooth, with no scratches lying perpendicular to the bore, so it does not abrade material from the projectile.
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| *The chamber and crown must smoothly transition the projectile into and out of the rifling.
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| When the projectile is swaged into the rifling, it takes on a mirror image of the rifling, as the lands push into the projectile in a process called ''engraving''. Engraving takes on not only the major features of the bore, such as the lands and grooves, but also minor features, like scratches and tool marks. The relationship between the bore characteristics and the engraving on the projectile are often used in [[forensic ballistics]].
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| ==Fitting the projectile to the bore==
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| [[Image:7,62mm G3 oder MG3.jpg|right|thumbnail|Three recovered [[7.62x51mm NATO]] bullets (next to an unfired cartridge), showing rifling marks imparting anti-clockwise spin]]
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| [[Image:Rus122shrapnel.JPG|right|thumbnail|Russian 122 mm shrapnel shell (which has been fired) showing rifling marks on the [[copper]] alloy [[driving band]] around its base, indicating clockwise spin]]
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| [[File:Cannonball equiped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860.jpg|thumb|[[Round shot|Cannonball]] equipped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860]]
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| [[File:Shell La Hitte.jpg|thumb|Ogival shell of the [[La Hitte system]], 1858, designed to engage with clockwise rifling]]
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| The original firearms were [[muzzleloader|loaded from the muzzle]] by forcing a ball from the muzzle to the chamber. Whether using a rifled or smooth bore, a good fit was needed to seal the bore and provide the best possible accuracy from the gun. To ease the force required to load the projectile, these early guns used an undersized ball, and a patch made of cloth, paper, or leather to fill the ''windage'' (the gap between the ball and the walls of the bore). The patch provided some degree of sealing, kept the ball seated on the charge of [[black powder]], and kept the ball concentric to the bore. In rifled barrels, the patch also provided a means to transfer the spin from the rifling to the bullet, as the patch is engraved rather than the ball. Until the advent of the hollow-base [[Minié ball]], which obturates upon firing to seal the bore and engage the rifling, the patch provided the best means of getting the projectile to engage the rifling.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Complete Blackpowder Handbook: The Latest Guns and Gear |author=Sam Fadala |publisher=Gun Digest |year=2006 |isbn=0-89689-390-1}} Chapter 18, The Cloth Patch</ref>
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| In [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loading firearms]], the task of seating the projectile into the rifling is handled by the ''throat'' of the [[Chamber (firearms)|chamber]]. Next is the ''freebore'', which is the portion of the throat down which the projectile travels before the rifling starts. The last section of the throat is the ''throat angle'', where the throat transitions into the rifled barrel.
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| The throat is usually sized slightly larger than the projectile, so the loaded cartridge can be inserted and removed easily, but the throat should be as close as practical to the groove diameter of the barrel. Upon firing, the projectile expands under the pressure from the chamber, and obturates to fit the throat. The bullet then travels down the throat and engages the rifling, where it is engraved, and begins to spin. Engraving the projectile requires a significant amount of force, and in some firearms there is a significant amount of freebore, which helps keep chamber pressures low by allowing the propellant gases to expand before being required to engrave the projectile. Minimizing freebore improves accuracy by decreasing the chance that a projectile will distort before entering the rifling.<ref>{{cite book |title=Handbook for Shooters & Reloaders Volume II |author=P. O. Ackley |publisher=Plaza Publishing |year=1966}} pages 97-98</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles/50calibre/throats_50_bmg.htm |title=Thoughts on Throats for the 50 BMG |author=Daniel Lilja}}</ref>
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| ==Twist rate==
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| For best performance, the barrel should have a twist rate sufficient to spin stabilize any [[bullet]] that it would reasonably be expected to fire, but not significantly more. Large diameter bullets provide more stability, as the larger radius provides more [[angular momentum|gyroscopic inertia]], while long bullets are harder to stabilize, as they tend to be very backheavy and the aerodynamic pressures have a longer "lever" to act on. The slowest twist rates are found in [[muzzleloading]] firearms meant to fire a round ball; these will have twist rates as low as 1 in {{convert|72|in|mm}}, or slightly longer, although for a typical multi-purpose muzzleloader rifle, a twist rate of 1 in {{convert|48|in|mm}} is very common. The [[M16 rifle|M16A2]] rifle, which is designed to fire the [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56x45mm NATO SS109 ball and L110 tracer]] bullets, has a 1 in {{convert|7|in|mm|sing=on|1}} or 32 calibers twist. Civilian [[AR-15]] rifles are commonly found with 1 in {{convert|12|in|mm|1}} or 54.8 calibers for older rifles and 1 in {{convert|9|in|mm|1}} or 41.1 calibers for most newer rifles, although some are made with 1 in {{convert|7|in|mm|1}} or 32 calibers twist rates, the same as used for the M16 rifle. Rifles, which generally fire longer, smaller diameter bullets, will in general have faster twist rates than handguns, which fire shorter, larger diameter bullets.
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| ===Expressing twist rate===
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| Three methods are used to describe the twist rate.
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| The first and traditionally most common method expresses the twist rate in the length required to complete one full projectile revolution in the rifled barrel.<br> This method does not give an easy understanding if a twist rate is relatively slow or fast when bores of different diameters are compared.
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| The second method describes the length required to complete one full projectile revolution in calibers or bore diameters.
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| <math>{Twist} = \frac{L}{D_{bore}}</math>
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| *Twist = twist rate expressed in bore diameters
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| *L = the twist length required to complete one full projectile revolution in mm or in
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| *D<sub>bore</sub> = bore diameter (diameter of the lands) in mm or in
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| The third method describes the angle of the grooves relative to the bore axis in degrees.<br>
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| The last two methods have the advantage that they express the twist rate as a ratio and give an easy understanding if a twist rate is relatively slow or fast even when comparing bores of differing diameters.
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| ===Twist rate and bullet stability===
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| In 1879, [[George Greenhill]], a professor of mathematics at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich]], London, UK<ref>School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. ''Alfred George Greenhill'' (October 2003) .http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Greenhill.html</ref> developed a [[rule of thumb]] for calculating the optimal twist rate for lead-core bullets. This shortcut uses the bullet's length, needing no allowances for weight or nose shape.<ref>Mosdell, Matthew. ''The Greenhill Formula''.http://www.mamut.net/MarkBrooks/newsdet35.htm (Accessed 2009 AUG 19)</ref> The eponymous ''Greenhill Formula'', still used today, is:
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| <math>Twist = \frac{C D^2}{L} \times \sqrt{\frac{SG}{10.9}}</math>
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| *C = 150 (use 180 for muzzle velocities higher than 2,800 f/s)
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| *D = bullet's diameter in inches
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| *L = bullet's length in inches
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| *SG = bullet's [[specific gravity]] (10.9 for lead-core bullets, which cancels out the second half of the equation)
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| The original value of C was 150, which yields a twist rate in inches per turn, when given the diameter D and the length L of the bullet in inches. This works to velocities of about 840 m/s (2800 ft/s); above those velocities, a C of 180 should be used. For instance, with a velocity of 600 m/s (2000 ft/s), a diameter of {{convert|0.5|in|mm}} and a length of {{convert|1.5|in|mm}}, the Greenhill formula would give a value of 25, which means 1 turn in {{convert|25|in|mm}}.
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| Improved formulas for determining stability and twist rates include the [[Miller Twist Rule]]<ref>Miller, Don. ''[http://www.jbmballistics.com/bibliography/articles/miller_stability_2.pdf How Good Are Simple Rules For Estimating Rifling Twist]'', Precision Shooting - June 2009</ref> and the [[McGyro]] program<ref>http://www.jbmballistics.com/downloads/text/mcgyro.txt</ref> developed by Bill Davis and Robert McCoy.
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| [[Image:parrottgun.jpg|right|thumbnail|A [[Parrott rifle]], used by both [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] and [[Union Army|Union]] forces in the [[American Civil War]].]]
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| If an insufficient twist rate is used, the bullet will begin to [[Yaw angle|yaw]] and then tumble; this is usually seen as "keyholing", where bullets leave elongated holes in the target as they strike at an angle. Once the bullet starts to yaw, any hope of accuracy is lost, as the bullet will begin to veer off in random directions as it [[Precession|precesses]]. | |
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| Conversely, too-high a rate of twist can also cause problems. The excessive twist can cause accelerated barrel wear, and coupled with high velocities also induce a very high spin rate which can cause projectile [[Bullet#Materials|jacket]] ruptures causing high velocity spin stabilized projectiles to disintegrate in flight. Spin stabilized projectiles made out of mono metals can practically not obtain adequate flight and spin velocities to disintegrate in flight due to their spin rate.<ref>[http://www.gsgroup.co.za/22x64.html THE 22x64 EXPERIMENT Shooting meat for the freezer at {{convert|1433|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}]</ref> [[Smokeless powder]] can produce muzzle velocities of approximately {{convert|1600|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}} for spin stabilized projectiles and more advanced propellants used in [[smoothbore]] tank guns can produce muzzle velocities of approximately {{convert|1800|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.defense-update.com/products/digits/120ke.htm | title=120mm Tank Gun KE Ammunition | publisher=Defense Update | accessdate=2007-09-03 |date=2006-11-22}}</ref> A higher twist than needed can also cause more subtle problems with accuracy: Any inconsistency within the bullet, such as a void that causes an unequal distribution of mass, may be magnified by the spin. Undersized bullets also have problems, as they may not enter the rifling exactly [[concentric]] and [[coaxial]] to the bore, and excess twist will exacerbate the accuracy problems this causes. Lastly, a bullet which is "overstabilized" will maintain the orientation it was fired at; a [[ballistic trajectory]] requires the gun to be aimed above the target, thus an overstabilized bullet at long range will be pointing upward, even though it is moving downward, resulting in an oblique impact and aerodynamic inefficiency. Ideally, a spin stabilized bullet is stable enough to not tumble, but unstable enough to allow [[aerodynamic force]]s to cause the tip to always point in the direction of travel.
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| === Bullet revolutions per minute (rpm) ===
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| A bullet fired from a rifled barrel can spin at over 300,000 [[rpm]], depending on the bullet's [[muzzle velocity]] ([[muzzle velocity|MV]]) and the barrel's [[twist rate]].
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| The general formula for calculating the [[Revolutions per minute#Formula|rpm]] of a rotating object may be written as
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| *:<math>rpm = \frac{\upsilon}{C}</math>
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| where <math>\upsilon</math> is the linear [[velocity]] of a point in the rotating object (in units of distance/minute) and C refers to the circumference of the circle that this measuring point performs around the axis of rotation.
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| For a bullet, the specific formula below uses the bullet's MV and the barrel's twist rate to calculate rotational speed:
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| *MV(in fps) x (12/twist rate in inches) x 60 = Bullet rpm
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| For example, a bullet with a muzzle velocity of 3050 ft/s (930m/s) fired from a barrel with a twist rate of 1 in {{convert|7|in|mm|sing=on}} (''e.g.'', the M16A2 rifle) spins at 313,714 rpm.<ref>[http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/calculating-bullet-rpm-spin-rates-and-stability/] Calculating Bullet RPM</ref>
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| Excessive rotational speed can exceed the bullet's designed limits and the resulting centrifugal force can cause the bullet to disintegrate in a radial fashion.<ref>[http://www.loadammo.com/Topics/July01.htm] Twist Rate</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Rifle]]
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| *[[Smoothbore]]
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| *[[Paradox gun]]
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| *[[Comparison microscope]]
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| *[[Gun barrel sequence (James Bond)]]
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| *[[Greenhill formula]]
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| *[[Glossary of firearms terminology]]
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| *[[Miller twist rate]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{Commons category|Rifling}}
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| *[http://www.lasc.us/RangingShotBarrelMakingFeature.htm Article] on barrel making from an [[IHMSA]] shooter
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| *[http://riflebarrels.com/articles/barrel_making/making_rifle_barrel.htm Article] on barrel making from Lilja, a maker of world class competition barrels
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| *[http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles/barrel_making/twist_machine.htm Article] on making and measuring rifling by Lilja; includes pictures of button rifling machine
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| *[http://www.6mmbr.citymaker.com/barrelFAQ.html 6mmBR article] on barrels
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| *[http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinSlug.htm Bore slugging tutorial], explaining now to determine the true bore and groove size and choose appropriate bullet diameters
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| *[http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/calculating-bullet-rpm-spin-rates-and-stability/ Calculating Bullet RPM — Spin Rates And Stability]
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| *[http://www.lothar-walther.de/brcms/pdf/2103.pdf Common rifling dimensions of revolver, pistol and rifle ammunition]
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| === Calculators for stability and twist ===
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| *[http://kwk.us/twist.html Bowman-Howell Twist Rate Calculator]
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| *[http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi Miller Formula Calculator]
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| *[http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmdrag-5.1.cgi Drag/Twist Calculator based on Bob McCoy's "McGyro" algorithm]
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