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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Up/Downhill corrections
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 227385" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>One of the problems with this argument is that it assumes we are shooting in a vacuum with no atmosphere - I think. If you took this to an extreme, a bullet shot straight up and then falling back to earth would be going at the same speed when it got back to earth and hit you in the head. They don't. The friction of travelling through the atmosphere is a big factor and ensures that the bullet is slowed as it returns to earth to a terminal velocity much slower than the velocity that it left the muzzle at. If it has an effect, it's so small as to not be relevant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 227385, member: 4191"] One of the problems with this argument is that it assumes we are shooting in a vacuum with no atmosphere - I think. If you took this to an extreme, a bullet shot straight up and then falling back to earth would be going at the same speed when it got back to earth and hit you in the head. They don't. The friction of travelling through the atmosphere is a big factor and ensures that the bullet is slowed as it returns to earth to a terminal velocity much slower than the velocity that it left the muzzle at. If it has an effect, it's so small as to not be relevant. [/QUOTE]
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