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[–] 31 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I assume that this could work but has literally no advantages over just making it round and therefore there is no reason to do it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    Not as much. Rifles have spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel, which impart a spin to the fired bullet to improve its stability and accuracy. Without a spin a fired bullet would not be nearly as accurate.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    That has nothing to do with the shape of the casing, which never travels through the barrel. The bullet itself is still round in this picture.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago* (6 children)

    Also, you could totally rifle a barrel to impart a spin on a square (or any polygon) prism bullet, just needs slightly more precise helical indents. Possibly you might be able to impart spin on the bullet more effectively than a round one.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    It might spin more but it would bleed velocity much faster

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Plausibly, but I wouldn't take it as fact. I suspect the real answer is pretty complicated.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    That's interesting. I don't have any kind of engineering background and not sure what to Google. Are there examples of this?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    SmarterEveryDay has an old video about cannons firing precise hexagonal (!!) projectiles. It's called "how to measure a millionth of an inch (the dawn of precision)".

    Note that Destin is a very prejudiced patriot and sinophobic individual who's gone on a series of videos to try and manufacture things outside China out of racism. This old video is still very watchable though

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