Thread: rounds going "up" out of the barrel

OK, just had a "discussion" with someone at work regarding the old chestnut of rounds rising before they start to fall again.

He accepted that this appeared to be the case due to the line of the scope intersecting the trajectory of the projectile, and that, given a projectile fired from a barrel aligned perpendicular to the force of gravity, the round would never rise above the point at which it exited the barrel, except fir the fact the the spin on the projectile gives it "lift"

I cant see it myself, but didnt argue the toss too hard due to being on uncertain ground ..

I think hes wrong.

Your 5 ten or 20 cents would be appreciated ...

Tim