Posted on 01/22/2018 5:44:52 AM PST by billorites
Actually, it’s physics
The math loses me pretty quickly.
Maybe in school if instead of “A train leaves New York at 50MPH.........the problem had started with “A bullet leaves the muzzle at 3200FPS.......I would have paid better attention.
Bullet at 1000mph drop downwards in 2 seconds as far as a bullet traveling at 500mph.
A bullet at 1000 mph will hit the ground in twice the distance of one traveling at 500mph. But at the same time, yes.
Is that what you’re saying ?
“A bullet begins to lose energy as soon as it leaves the muzzle of a gun, and as it loses energy it loses the ability to counteract gravity.”
The speed/energy of the bullet DOES NOT affect the force of gravity on the bullet. The speed/energy of the bullet IS affected by the friction of the air on the bullet. The farther it goes, the slower it goes and the more it drops per distance traveled.
If it were shot in a vacuum, the rate of drop would be constant.
For later...
For later...
Good points. I didn’t mean to imply this easy and knowing all the variables and making adjustments takes practice and skill. But the math is simple. Thanks for the support.
Yes. The net vertical drop is the same as a function of time. As a function of distance to target, yes, it would be different. But the forward speed of the bullet has no impact on the basic rate of downwards acceleration from gravity.
Major John Sedgwick was killed Spotsylvania by a Confederate sniper at a distance of about 1000 yards. Most probably a Whitworth.
My bad, Major General John Sedgwick.
Yes, because there would be no wind resistance to slow the bullet. No wind resistance means no wind drift or temp to account for, either. All you would have to take into effect is the Coriolis effect and the spin effect. Basically the bullet would follow a perfectly perpendicular path.
Read it, couldn’t find if it was a cold bore shot or they slung rounds down range for a week till something stuck ......
Can’t imagine it was a one shot hit. But if it was...
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The indignity of being lit up while his trousers were around his ankles.
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