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Old 02-13-2004 | 08:41 PM
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frizzellr
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Default RE: bullet bigger than barrel?
The bullet is slightly bigger than the inside diameter of the bore across the lands. This is so the lands can catch the bullet enough to make it spin. Otherwise you would have more of a smoothbore than a rifle.
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