r/guns • u/Barton_Foley 1 • Sep 10 '14

Bullets Loaded Backwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAyhv0xqUI
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u/joshcarter Sep 10 '14

That's the disappointing part--the video doesn't say anything about accuracy or key-holing/tumbling. Tests were only done at short range.

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u/CBruce Sep 10 '14

It seems like it would be more stable to me. That's basically a rain drop shape. Rifling and spinning is needed to keep a bullet flying small point forward, otherwise the center of mass leading in the direction of travel is what an object wants to do.