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A fluted barrel is just a method of decreasing weight of the barrel without it getting too hot. The weapon or to be precise, the barrel, being specifically designed to fire the APFSDS round, would probably not be rifled. As SSG Bozo said, the spin on the round would reduce effectiveness, so there would be no point in rifling the barrel, just to counteract the spin by adding ball bearings to the ammo. A needlessly complicated solutio for an easy problem.<br> | A fluted barrel is just a method of decreasing weight of the barrel without it getting too hot. The weapon or to be precise, the barrel, being specifically designed to fire the APFSDS round, would probably not be rifled. As SSG Bozo said, the spin on the round would reduce effectiveness, so there would be no point in rifling the barrel, just to counteract the spin by adding ball bearings to the ammo. A needlessly complicated solutio for an easy problem.<br> | ||
I also don't recall there being any official mention anywhere that the S2 AM has a rifled barrel. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 08:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC) | I also don't recall there being any official mention anywhere that the S2 AM has a rifled barrel. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 08:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
Funnily enough, this means that it is no longer a sniper 'rifle', as the barrel is smoothbore. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 12:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Suggested Related Link== | ==Suggested Related Link== | ||
I made a damn detailed 3D model of this weapon, which is freely available here: http://vrogy.net/srs99d-sniper-rifle-model/ | I made a damn detailed 3D model of this weapon, which is freely available here: http://vrogy.net/srs99d-sniper-rifle-model/ | ||