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<blockquote data-quote="SavageHunter11" data-source="post: 1574391" data-attributes="member: 100006"><p>My initial guesses were that he skipped the bullet on the water (thus the water spout) or with the lower light of the setting sun, he had a mirage on the water that made the board appear lower, thus aimed lower, thus the splash. These guesses have nothing to do with bullet phenomena so I'm going to rule that out.</p><p></p><p>Others have stated that the splash is from the sonic boom air pressure but there is a video out on youtube from DemolitionRanch where Matt (the host) shoots a .50BMG round through a house of cards from about 100 feet and the cards do not wiggle as the bullet flies through so I am ruling out the sonic boom theory as well.</p><p></p><p>My only other guess, and I think the fact that the camera actually could catch the bullet on multiple frames gives this away, is that you caught the exact moment the bullet crossed the transonic barrier as it went from supersonic to subsonic which if I remember correctly causes an air disturbance and is also why accuracy goes out the window after your bullet drops subsonic and bullets begin to tumble. That my only other guess and I hope OP tells us because now I'm genuinely interested in what I saw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SavageHunter11, post: 1574391, member: 100006"] My initial guesses were that he skipped the bullet on the water (thus the water spout) or with the lower light of the setting sun, he had a mirage on the water that made the board appear lower, thus aimed lower, thus the splash. These guesses have nothing to do with bullet phenomena so I'm going to rule that out. Others have stated that the splash is from the sonic boom air pressure but there is a video out on youtube from DemolitionRanch where Matt (the host) shoots a .50BMG round through a house of cards from about 100 feet and the cards do not wiggle as the bullet flies through so I am ruling out the sonic boom theory as well. My only other guess, and I think the fact that the camera actually could catch the bullet on multiple frames gives this away, is that you caught the exact moment the bullet crossed the transonic barrier as it went from supersonic to subsonic which if I remember correctly causes an air disturbance and is also why accuracy goes out the window after your bullet drops subsonic and bullets begin to tumble. That my only other guess and I hope OP tells us because now I'm genuinely interested in what I saw. [/QUOTE]
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