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Originally Posted by redline
Nice looking gun ... seems intelligently designed, but I'm a bit confused, as they are stating its an advantage to have the bands inclined with respect to the axis of the gun. Although I understand that this could reduce bending moment applied to the barrel, i thought that the disadvantage of elastic pull being angled downwards would be greater!
redline
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True but almost
every gun using circular bands has them working obliquely. This is said to cause a slight waste of power compared to in-line bands, but it's a very little loss. In the case of the Gabbiano Snake, for how the barrell is shaped, the big gain is in very, very low drag and band vibration while side tracking.
