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To: gaijin
A bullet fired in zero wind straight up will stop momentarily, begin to fall to earth and in 7 seconds or less reach terminal velocity owing to simple air resistance.

And owing to its angular velocity (spin), it will most likely come down base first.

6 posted on 08/13/2017 2:00:23 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: IndispensableDestiny
And owing to its angular velocity (spin), it will most likely come down base first.

Would the spin keep the bullet point first on the downward trajectory as long as there was even a slight deviation from the vertical?

Mr. niteowl77

10 posted on 08/13/2017 2:25:26 PM PDT by niteowl77
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