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What (who) is rifling$507856$ - definition
rifled
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![Rifling of a 105 mm [[Royal Ordnance L7]] tank gun.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/105mm tank gun Rifling.jpg?width=200 "Rifling of a 105 mm [[Royal Ordnance L7]] tank gun.")
![Three recovered [[7.62×51mm NATO]] bullets (next to an unfired cartridge), showing rifling marks imparting anti-clockwise spin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/7,62mm G3 oder MG3.jpg?width=200 "Three recovered [[7.62×51mm NATO]] bullets (next to an unfired cartridge), showing rifling marks imparting anti-clockwise spin")
![57-N-231 standard [[7.62×39mm]] military bullets with steel core - the one on the left is unfired, the one on the right is fired, with the rifling grooves visible. Notice the copper wash scraped off and the steel jacket is exposed on the groove marks](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/7,62x39 bullets - unfired and fired.JPG?width=200 "57-N-231 standard [[7.62×39mm]] military bullets with steel core - the one on the left is unfired, the one on the right is fired, with the rifling grooves visible. Notice the copper wash scraped off and the steel jacket is exposed on the groove marks")
![Cannonball]] equipped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannonball equiped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860.jpg?width=200 "Cannonball]] equipped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860")
![Rifling in a [[GAU-8]] [[autocannon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GAU-8 bore.jpg?width=200 "Rifling in a [[GAU-8]] [[autocannon]]")
![Conventional rifling (left) and [[polygonal rifling]] (right). Both types of rifling use a spiraling pattern](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polygonal vs normal rifling.svg?width=200 "Conventional rifling (left) and [[polygonal rifling]] (right). Both types of rifling use a spiraling pattern")
![Ogival shell of the [[La Hitte system]], 1858, designed to engage with clockwise rifling](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shell La Hitte.jpg?width=200 "Ogival shell of the [[La Hitte system]], 1858, designed to engage with clockwise rifling")
HELICAL GROOVINGS IN THE INTERNAL (BORE) SURFACE OF A FIREARM BARREL
Rifled; Rifled barrel; Twist rate; Rate of twist; Rifled gun; Barrel twist; Rifled barrels; Oval bore; Rifle gun; Extended range full bore
adjective make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore).
Rifling
HELICAL GROOVINGS IN THE INTERNAL (BORE) SURFACE OF A FIREARM BARREL
Rifled; Rifled barrel; Twist rate; Rate of twist; Rifled gun; Barrel twist; Rifled barrels; Oval bore; Rifle gun; Extended range full bore
In firearms, rifling is machining helical grooves into the internal (bore) surface of a gun's barrel for the purpose of exerting torque and thus imparting a spin to a projectile around its longitudinal axis during shooting to stabilize the projectile longitudinally by conservation of angular momentum, improving its aerodynamic stability and accuracy over smoothbore designs.
rifling
HELICAL GROOVINGS IN THE INTERNAL (BORE) SURFACE OF A FIREARM BARREL
Rifled; Rifled barrel; Twist rate; Rate of twist; Rifled gun; Barrel twist; Rifled barrels; Oval bore; Rifle gun; Extended range full bore
¦ noun spiral grooves on the inside of a rifle barrel.
