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I know there was a thread by some guy (don't recall the OP's name) that was locked regarding shooting bullets straight up and another one about how far a 22 will shoot.
Mythbusters on tv did some interesting research/study about bullets being shot straight up. And the bullets due to terminal velocity weren't any worse than a nut (nut's and bolts kind, not acorns
) being dropped from afar. The bullets barely penetrated a half inch of dirt if I recall correctly. Plus because of the bullet's spin, they would stay pointing up totally destroying the bullet's BC on the downward fall.
And I do know that someone else (I want to say some folks from the NRA but I'm not quite sure) proved that a bullet from a 22lr won't go a mile no matter what angle you hold it. I want to say it was more like a 1000 yards or something dismal like that. All we would need is the bullet's coefficient and a simple punching of the numbers would tell us one way or the other as to how far they'll go.
So while that OP may have seem like a trouble maker, he was onto something.....
Mythbusters on tv did some interesting research/study about bullets being shot straight up. And the bullets due to terminal velocity weren't any worse than a nut (nut's and bolts kind, not acorns
And I do know that someone else (I want to say some folks from the NRA but I'm not quite sure) proved that a bullet from a 22lr won't go a mile no matter what angle you hold it. I want to say it was more like a 1000 yards or something dismal like that. All we would need is the bullet's coefficient and a simple punching of the numbers would tell us one way or the other as to how far they'll go.
So while that OP may have seem like a trouble maker, he was onto something.....