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    CRACKER BARREL

    Nov 30, 2022 4 minutes

    INSIGHT AND EXPERTISE TO HELP YOU RAISE YOUR GAME

    YOUR EXPERT

    ANDY McLACHLAN

    The subject of gun barrels and how they affect the accuracy of shots is something that shooters have taken a great deal of interest in since the early 16th century when people engraved the internals of a barrel to promote twist. Twist is what happens to our projectiles when they have engaged with the rifling, and allows our rapidly spinning load to stabilise and retain far more accuracy than if it was just sent on its way without any spin.

    Apparently, the first person to use rifling in a manufactured firearm was August Kotter, an armourer from Nuremberg.

    He continued improving his work until 1520, with the first rifled-barrelled firearm dating from 1540.

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