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- From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: More Gun Control
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.140814.4433@bbxrbk>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 14:08:14 GMT
- References: <1993Jan28.014844.14393@msc.cornell.edu>
- Organization: russ at home in Albuquerque New Mexico
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- In article <1993Jan28.014844.14393@msc.cornell.edu> bickham@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Scott Bickham,C17 Clark Hall,56079,2737038) writes:
- >Alas, another one of my idols has fallen. As soon as it leaves the barrel,
- >the only external force acting on the bullet is gravity and air resistance.
- >Neglecting the air resistance (ahich is roughly proportional to, and
- >oppositely directed to the velocity), the speed will be the same when it
- >returns to the same height as the barrel. Air-resistance will make it
- >a little less, but not by much compared to the muzzle velocity. Hope you're
- >feeling better tomorrow Geoff, although I imagine that you're busy reading
- >through your AMOK catalog in your spare time.
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- I think that you need to take a few remedial physics courses, Scotty.
- "A little bit less" in a typical case (say a cartridge from a hunting
- rifle) would be something like 10%. A 150 grain bullet, fired
- vertically will leave the muzzle at something like 2700ft/sec and
- return to the ground some 55 seconds later at 300 ft/sec.
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