Coyotehunter_
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I would think that a head wind would slow the bullet down more and cause it to shoot lower. Not sure that the bullet's shape is similar to an airplane wing that creates lift. The bullet will slow down with a head wind and maybe even speed up a bit with a tail wind.
Remember that for long range shooting you are aiming the barrel up high to arc the bullet into the target. The faster the bullet gets to the target the less is drops due to gravity. Gravity is a constant and acts on any bullet once it's not supported by the metal barrel anymore. So as soon as the bullet leaves the barrel of the rifle it's being pulled down by gravity at 32 ft per second per second. It's an acceleration downward. So the faster the bullet goes and the less time it's in flight before hitting the target the less time gravity has to act upon the bullet.
In order to get life the upper part of the bullet would have to have a longer area for the air to travel over and the bottom of the bullet would be flat. But the bullet is spinning and there for it won't have a upper and lower part of the bullet. So there will not be lift like there is in a aircraft wing or a helicopter blade.
Remember that for long range shooting you are aiming the barrel up high to arc the bullet into the target. The faster the bullet gets to the target the less is drops due to gravity. Gravity is a constant and acts on any bullet once it's not supported by the metal barrel anymore. So as soon as the bullet leaves the barrel of the rifle it's being pulled down by gravity at 32 ft per second per second. It's an acceleration downward. So the faster the bullet goes and the less time it's in flight before hitting the target the less time gravity has to act upon the bullet.
In order to get life the upper part of the bullet would have to have a longer area for the air to travel over and the bottom of the bullet would be flat. But the bullet is spinning and there for it won't have a upper and lower part of the bullet. So there will not be lift like there is in a aircraft wing or a helicopter blade.
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