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Why right and not left?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
Any speculation as to why rifleing is right hand (counter clockwise) twist and not left hand (clockwise)?
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  • maggiethecatmaggiethecat Member Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    it has to due with the rotation of the earth and all that jazz.

    i didnt think you would buy that. i have no idea, but now that you mention it, i've never heard of anything but right hand twist

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  • mohawk600mohawk600 Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe because 80% of the population is right handed and this just came about by convention?..........I can't think of any reason why it would make a difference.
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  • BOBBYWINSBOBBYWINS Member Posts: 7,810
    edited November -1
    What difference would it make.

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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Which end of that gun are you looking in?
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's been said that when a toilet is flushed north of the equator water swirls in a different rotation than toilets south of the equator...does that mean bullet ballistics shot on one side of the equator have an advantage over those shot on the other side?.....where's Judge Dread when you need him? [:D]

    I suspect it might be because most lathes and machinery turn in a counter clockwise rotation...that's why most drill bits have a right hand twist, it's only a guess
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    Easy answer! Liberal vs. conservative. Even the most liberal here on the board are only looking down the barrel in the wrong direction.[:)]

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  • mohawk600mohawk600 Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the answer!!!!!!!!!

    Left is derived from the Latin word sinister and Right is derived from the Latin word dexter.....................who wants to have their rifle known as having a sinister twist??????????[:D]
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt
    Funny you asked I was wondering that my self the other day and thought it would be a dumb post? Why a Righthand twist Vs. Left and why 2Groove or 3Groove rifling [?][?][?]

    I would like to know as well. [:)]

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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    Rembrant
    A toilet flushed in a liberals house will swirl to the left also,and vice versa.Just thought you should know.The next time your in someones home and your not sure which way they vote just excuse yourself to the restroom.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,535 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Basically when a barrel is rifled the gun drill machine ( which puts n the rifling) turns clockwise ( from the end of the barrel )
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Because right hand lead on spirals or threads is the standard in the machining world, and left hands are specials?

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  • rpo242rpo242 Member Posts: 570 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I may be wrong, but I think some Enfields were left hand twist.

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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is no reason.
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Who cares , as long those 2.375" groups keep commin at 600 yds...

    A vortex in water does spend different on both sides of the equator,
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    The Phillips and Rodgers Medusa has a left-hand twist. It's about the only gun I know of that does, though.
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  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    I would think there's no reason why it would be clockwise or counter-clockwise.

    The twist is there to stabilize the bullet - so I'd figure that the earths rotation (in the north or south) would have little to do with the choise of rotation, as both the gun and projectile is generally at the same distance from the core of the earth. (Same relative speed at ground level, apart from the speed of the bullet offcourse.)


    But I did hear, that some military/sniper weapons doesn't have the same twist as hunting/-sportingweapons.

    But I can't think of any way why it's like that or if it's like that.
    As long as it go boom and makes the bullet twist - then I'm happy =o)


    Don't do anything that I've allready done - That'd be just plain STOOOOOOPID.
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  • rufgrrufgr Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coriolis force
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Same reason a wheel is round, seemed like a good idea at the time. And sure enough, it was and is.

    Think Occam's Razor.

    Clouder..
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  • CWatsonCWatson Member Posts: 964 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most guns are Republicans.CW


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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My rifles all have right hand twist, but I am trying to show them the error of their ways.

    Some of the muzzleloaders had left hand twist as well. Probably built by Pennsylvania Pinkos.

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