Usually means: Barrel rifling tightens toward muzzle.
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▸ noun:  (firearms) In rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.

Similar:
twist, stub twist, rifling, twine, Whitworth gun, winding, roll, volution, water twist, twizzle, more...

Opposite:
losing twist, untwist, unwind

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Similar:
twist, stub twist, rifling, twine, Whitworth gun, winding, roll, volution, water twist, twizzle, more...

Opposite:
losing twist, untwist, unwind



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