[AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)

Fri Aug 25 06:54:16 PDT 2006

I guess if you're in the boonies you can shoot indiscriminately and not
worry about where the bullet will land.

Mythbusters had a show a few weeks ago on whether a bullet fired up
would come back down fatally.

The answer is, if you fire it straight up to where the bullet begins to
tumble on the way down, it would smart a lot but not be fatal.

HOWEVER, if the bullet is fired enough horizontally to where it
maintains a ballistic trajectory, it will still be potentially fatal
when it hits.  In this case the bullet never loses enough velocity to
begin tumbling.

So, it isn't wise to shoot a rifle or handgun into the air with a rifled
bullet, unless you're shooting straight upward (a hard feat to get that
right anyway).

Rick

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Greg
Whittaker
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Subject: Re: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)

I guess no one hunts raccoons in the NW?  They are typically treed with
dogs 
and shot from the tree with a rifle.  Shotguns play hell with a pelt.
Bears 
are killed the same way but with bigger rifles.

Greg W.
Wolverine Mi.

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>
> In a message dated 8/24/2006 12:16:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> gwhittak at fbconnectu.net writes:
>
> Mini-14 Ranch in .223 Rem with FMJs for coons.  Soft points make  too
much
> mess.
>
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> Really you shoot a .223 up in the air at night with no way of telling 
> where
> the bullet will come down.  Boy I'm glad I don't live near you.
>
> Walt
>
> PS I bet if you found a bullet in your window you would be screaming
like
> hell at the Idiot who shot the gun.
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