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Re: MythBusters: Bringing on the physics bullet drop

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pnalsing@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 7:31:07 PM UTC-8, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> 
>> Except real bullets in air have some lift depending on the bullet shape,
>> cut and paste spamming shit head.
> 
> Well, why don't you just cut and paste a few links that support this statement. I couldn't find a single one myself, perhaps you will have better results.
> 
> In the meantime, here are a few that refute your statement.
> 
> http://guerillatics.com/?p=137
> 
> "This post is for all you gun enthusiasts that think you know all there is to know about guns. It is especially for those of you who think that a bullet rises as it comes out of the barrel. It doesn't! I dont care how long you've been hunting or shooting or what. The freakin bullet doesn't rise as it comes out of the barrel.  As soon as it exits the barrel the bullet begins to fall due to gravity. It never rises past the axis of the barrel."http://www.chuckhawks.com/bullet_trajectory.htm
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> http://www.chuckhawks.com/bullet_trajectory.htm
> 
> "... bullet never rises above the axis of the barrel."
> 
> http://www.sniperforums.com/forum/cartridges-calibers/2746-myth-rising-bullet.html
> 
> "... any projectile, be it free upon exit, is always falling."
> 
> http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=37393
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> "A bullet fired parallel to the ground begins to fall the instant it exits from the muzzle."
> 
> Don't bother bring up the Magnus Effect, a little Google study shows that this only makes bullets wander left or right, depending on the direction of the rifling in the barrel.
> 
> Your move.

The effects are tiny but real.

A bullet fired horizontally with respect to the Earth will maintain it's
attitude throughout the flight. As it is dropping, it has a positive
angle of attack and hence a tiny bit of lift that will depend on the
exact shape of the bullet.

Some may argue that there is no lift because a bullet is symmetrical,
but symmetrical shapes, such as aerobatic aircraft wings and balsa
wood gliders with flat wings have lift due to the angle of attack.

Also, since the fired bullet is always horizontal, the vertical drag
will equal that of a dropped bullet only if the bullet is dropped
oriented exactly horizontally. A bullet dropped nose first will have
less drag than a horizontal bullet.



-- 
Jim Pennino

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