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<blockquote data-quote="WiscGunner" data-source="post: 2519208" data-attributes="member: 97288"><p>I think the idea that shooters aren't "hitting"raindrops most of the time is utterly ludicrous considering a light rain will have a droplet every few inches in a continuously flowing 3 dimensional pattern. </p><p></p><p>Since there is no video of the "water droplet" apparatus in action I would suspect severely flawed and oversimplification of the experiment. Was the "droplet" a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket? </p><p></p><p>As others have pointed out, drastic change in POI in 40 yards of flight in the "experiment" would equate to massive changes of the bullet flight at the distances many of us shoot. Heck, if you were so unlucky as to hit a raindrop at the muzzle you would likely shoot the guy next to you. </p><p></p><p>Theory says any disturbance will have an effect however Reality says you missed something major in an effort to over simplify. Shooting through a waterfall might be like deflection shooting through a windshield but rain drops do not actually touch supersonic bullets in flight. Even when in the path of the bullet the small light weight maleable rain drop is very easily out weighed by the hard dense FAST, spinning projectile. Thus a bullet "hitting" a raindrop at supersknic speed is not like a subsonic blet hitting a raindrop and neither are remotely the same as belly flopping into a pool where hydraulic pressure makes the water harder than concrete. </p><p></p><p>Summary: flawed "experiment" overlooking much in physics and ignoring mathematic probabilities associated with both rain density and high volume of fire under rainy conditions. </p><p></p><p>Conclusion: our fact checkers have determined this to be fake news</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WiscGunner, post: 2519208, member: 97288"] I think the idea that shooters aren’t “hitting”raindrops most of the time is utterly ludicrous considering a light rain will have a droplet every few inches in a continuously flowing 3 dimensional pattern. Since there is no video of the “water droplet” apparatus in action I would suspect severely flawed and oversimplification of the experiment. Was the “droplet” a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket? As others have pointed out, drastic change in POI in 40 yards of flight in the “experiment” would equate to massive changes of the bullet flight at the distances many of us shoot. Heck, if you were so unlucky as to hit a raindrop at the muzzle you would likely shoot the guy next to you. Theory says any disturbance will have an effect however Reality says you missed something major in an effort to over simplify. Shooting through a waterfall might be like deflection shooting through a windshield but rain drops do not actually touch supersonic bullets in flight. Even when in the path of the bullet the small light weight maleable rain drop is very easily out weighed by the hard dense FAST, spinning projectile. Thus a bullet “hitting” a raindrop at supersknic speed is not like a subsonic blet hitting a raindrop and neither are remotely the same as belly flopping into a pool where hydraulic pressure makes the water harder than concrete. Summary: flawed “experiment” overlooking much in physics and ignoring mathematic probabilities associated with both rain density and high volume of fire under rainy conditions. Conclusion: our fact checkers have determined this to be fake news [/QUOTE]
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