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To: Zeneta
I found this episode of “Mythbusters” fascinating.

“Bullet Fired vs. Bullet Dropped”

It just shows that earth's gravitation pull was constant for the two bullets.

9 posted on 09/25/2016 11:15:31 AM PDT by Elderberry
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To: Elderberry

I get that.

But can any level of “rifling” change this ?

I doubt it can change the “Gravity” aspect, but can it change or improve the velocity ?

I mean, we hear about these snipers that take out their targets from a mile away. At what point, over what distance will the bullet lose the velocity required to get the job done?

A bullet dropped from 30,000 feet will reach terminal velocity and may or may not be deadly. A bullet fired from a gun starts out well ahead of terminal velocity but at some point will be reduced to such.

What is that number/distance when the physics take over and make the “fired” round ineffective?


10 posted on 09/25/2016 11:34:46 AM PDT by Zeneta
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