09-25-2009, 10:43 AM
"it is almost impossible to fire straight up, and if you've got any angle at all, the bullet will maintain its nose first attitude, and WILL be coming to earth at lethal velocity. They also emphasised that one should NEVER fire a firearm into the air..."
false... not on this planet. please supply proof of your laws physics as relates to the question
here is mine: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode50 2 flukes is all they could document... and then the testing
They do make the point at a shallow angle one could "lob" the round and be effective... in much the way physics is used to "lob" artillery or large caliber weapons for maximum range. You haven't lived until you have seen large artillery "skipping" rounds along the desert floor on its way to a target, I have seen up to three bounces before hitting the target.
I say again a round fired close to vertical... will return to earth at 120 miles per hour or so after expending its energy. Pure simple 6th grade physics.
.... a round fired at 45 degrees or so... could be fatal at great distances. 45 degrees or so by definition not a vertical shot however... As the rounds energy is not spent before beginning its drop. Retaining is spin and energy and dropping before all the energy is expended, hence the lethality up to five miles with the right rifle and and shallow angle, still a conventional and not a vertical shot as we are discussing here.
Im still of the opinion no one can definitely say they were shots or exhaust backfire....... if it wasn't a back fire and there were a dozen shots fired... If the cops weren't all over the 'hood like ugly on an ape .... you do have a problem
false... not on this planet. please supply proof of your laws physics as relates to the question
here is mine: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode50 2 flukes is all they could document... and then the testing
They do make the point at a shallow angle one could "lob" the round and be effective... in much the way physics is used to "lob" artillery or large caliber weapons for maximum range. You haven't lived until you have seen large artillery "skipping" rounds along the desert floor on its way to a target, I have seen up to three bounces before hitting the target.
I say again a round fired close to vertical... will return to earth at 120 miles per hour or so after expending its energy. Pure simple 6th grade physics.
.... a round fired at 45 degrees or so... could be fatal at great distances. 45 degrees or so by definition not a vertical shot however... As the rounds energy is not spent before beginning its drop. Retaining is spin and energy and dropping before all the energy is expended, hence the lethality up to five miles with the right rifle and and shallow angle, still a conventional and not a vertical shot as we are discussing here.
Im still of the opinion no one can definitely say they were shots or exhaust backfire....... if it wasn't a back fire and there were a dozen shots fired... If the cops weren't all over the 'hood like ugly on an ape .... you do have a problem