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lugerholsterrepair · 10-02-2008, 10:42 PM

Is this drift due to a spiralling bullet mass from the Coriolis effect from the rotation of the earth? If so, does the bullet fly the other way in the southern hemisphere? And straight at the equator?

Man! That WOULD be something the Germans would do!

the drift of the bullet at long ranges due to the right hand spiral IMPARTED BY THE RIFILING.

Jerry Burney

10-02-2008, 10:42 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Is this drift due to a spiralling bullet mass from the Coriolis effect from the rotation of the earth? If so, does the bullet fly the other way in the southern hemisphere? And straight at the equator? Man! That WOULD be something the Germans would do! the drift of the bullet at long ranges due to the right hand spiral IMPARTED BY THE RIFILING. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."