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Posted: 3/30/2002 3:30:18 PM EDT
| I was talking to a physics professor. We were talking about bullet drop. He stated that if in a perfect vaccum and the rifle was perfectly level and the ground is also level the following will occur. If a bullet was held at the same height as the barrel end and dropped at the instant the weapon was fired both would hit the ground at the same time. Granted the one fired would be way down range. The bullet that is fired has no aerodynamic lift such as a wing. Thus with the physics of gravity both will hit the ground at the same time. Interesting. Comments? |
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I read the same thing in "Understanding Firearm Ballistics" by Robert A. Rinker. If I remember correctly, he stated that tests had been done in "real life" (no vacuum), and that the moving projectile actually hit ~.0005 seconds later that the one that was just dropped. Sparked a whole evenings conversation at hunting camp last fall. The book is a pretty interesting read, if you want to get into some of the "nitty gritty"... -J |
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