Here is an excellent scientific explanation of how bullets fly, for anyone who is interested in the technical explanation of the forces acting upon a projectile in flight:
http://www.nennstiel-ruprecht.de/bul..._forcesmoments
The actual formula for computing the Coriolis effect on a projo is here:
http://www.nennstiel-ruprecht.de/bul...olf.htm#header
Uggh, too hard, physics of ballistics make Zog's head hurt. Need Reader's Digest version.
Their summation of the effect is "The magnitude of the fictitious Coriolis force is so small that it is usually completely neglected and - as a rule of thumb - only has to be considered in ballistics for ranges of 20 km or more (artillery shells)."
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