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Bing, DuckDuckGo.... lot's of search engines out there for when Google is broken.

Bullet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 08-14-2014, 10:05 AM
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Why do black powder rifle fire round balls? Is it just an accident of history, or is that shape actually optimal?
My wild, unsubstantiated guess is ease of manufacturing, a simple round mold that you'd scoop molten lead into, hold for a few seconds and release. No rifling, so no spin issues, I"m guessing that hadn't been invented yet.

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