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The dimples would allow gas to escape around them as the ball travels down the barrel. Also the dimples would not allow the rifling in the barrel to fully grab the ball.
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And the ball needs to be about two thou bigger than the bore to get a perfectly tight seal - no gasses escaping. Dimples pimples won't help. They can be very accurate; who was the fella who said "Don't worry about the English, they are 1,000 yards away."
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