Questions for Gun Lovers
I have questions that as a shooter I have always wondered about and since there appears on Say Anything to be some pretty good understandings of all things firearms I have some questions I would appreciate those of you more knowledgeable than I am to clear up.
I was driving back from working in the field the other day and started thinking about some of the things we all think are true about guns and ammo. Like the fiction that a bullet fired straight up will fall to earth with the same velocity and will kill people. NO, it falls at terminal velocity for it’s shape an size and actually tumbles as it falls at about 180 MPH. Much less than it would take to kill a person, might hurt, but not kill. Saw that on Mythbusters.
Not the most political of posts, but I was just wondering.
One other question, why does recoil from a pistol go UP. Why shouldn't it as well go down.
- I have been told that we shouldn’t throw cartridges in the fire because they would explode and the bullet could kill someone. I know a bit about barrel length and if a shell exploded the bullet and the shell would go in opposite directions and if the bullet got out of the fireplace it would go about 2 feet and collapse. Right or not?
- If I had a rifle, say 30 caliber, laying on a flat piece of glass, and with a remote firing device was able to pull the trigger would the bullet go in the exact direction the gun was aimed when I pulled the trigger. It has to do with he question of recoil. Does the recoil happen after the bullet leaves the gun or while the bullet is rifling up the barrel. Is recoil the reaction of the load speeding up? If it were the case wouldn’t the recoil from a 165 grain bullet be greater than one from a 65 grain. Assuming the load were the same. If the rifle were to move after the trigger was pulled but before the bullet leaves the barrel doesn’t that call into question the issue of aim. I was told once that recoil was the air reentering the barrel after firing, that makes no sense at all.
- I know there is no such thing as rise in trajectory, it’s a function of sighting at 150 yards. But, since a 1 pound rock falls at the same speed as a 10 pound rock, shouldn’t the trajectory be very similar or the same between a 150 grain bullet and a 70 grain assuming the same load.
I was driving back from working in the field the other day and started thinking about some of the things we all think are true about guns and ammo. Like the fiction that a bullet fired straight up will fall to earth with the same velocity and will kill people. NO, it falls at terminal velocity for it’s shape an size and actually tumbles as it falls at about 180 MPH. Much less than it would take to kill a person, might hurt, but not kill. Saw that on Mythbusters.
Not the most political of posts, but I was just wondering.
One other question, why does recoil from a pistol go UP. Why shouldn't it as well go down.
