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

[Larry D. Goss]

ROTFLMAO!  I am not a shooter.  I have the distinction of having served
honorably in the US armed forces without ever having qualified on the
rifle range.  But I happen to have a really good friend who reloads and
has a formidable collection of firearms.  Also my good drinking buddy
(we frequent McDonalds regularly for "Senior Coffee") was in charge of
turret #1 on a destroyer during WWII.

So I asked the obvious questions today at coffee -- What is the terminal
velocity of a bullet, artillery shell, or whatever in free fall?
Assuming that it has a super-sonic muzzle velocity, how many seconds
does the projectile remain at super-sonic speed? 

We haven't made all the assumptions necessary concerning air density,
etc, but this much we know -- the projectile is traveling at sub-sonic
speed within three or four seconds after leaving the muzzle of the gun,
and the maximum velocity of a bullet in free fall after having been
aimed high in the air is around 200 miles per hour.  For it to do
otherwise, violates a number of laws of physics.  I remember studying
about Galileo dropping cannon balls off the top of the leaning tower of
Pisa to prove the point about gravity.

Under the right conditions, a sky-diver could catch a bullet in his
teeth and not damage his dentures.

Let the flames begin.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mark Greer
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:21 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)

I've done some coon huntin' and I never hunted with or ever heard of
anyone
using a hi-powered rifle to shoot a coon out of a tree. Always a .22
rifle
or pistol.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Whittaker" <gwhittak at fbconnectu.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:59 AM
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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