[AT] RE: O.T.--shootin' skunks

[charlie hill]

Andy,  I mentioned the other day that the place where I used to work had a 
round come through the roof.   Admittedly it was a pre-engineered steel 
building so the roof wasn't all that tough but that round, a 45, punched 
through the roof, through the suspended ceiling tile, slide down the wall 
leaving a mark about 4 feet long and came to rest on the carpet of a 
concrete floor.  It had to be falling.  There are no tall buildings around 
that it could have been shot downward from and the little bit of angle that 
it had between the roof and the ceiling put it comming in from behind the 
shop where there was about 3 acres fenced off with chain link.  The holes it 
punched in the roof and the ceiling were nearly perfectly round.  That tells 
me it wasn't tumbling.  Could have been a fluke I guess.  It has to be 
heavier on the butt end so maybe it fell straight in backwards.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Glines" <andyglines at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: [AT] RE: O.T.--shootin' skunks


>I saw that episode of Mythbusters also and found it to be very eductaional. 
>Having started shooting at 10 and owning my own shotgun at 12 I very 
>clearly remember the rules set out by my Dad.  I was never to point a gun 
>at something I didn't intend to shoot, I was never to shoot unless I knew 
>exactly what I was aiming at (had to be a target not random shooting in the 
>air), and I was to know exactly what was behind what I was shooting at.  I 
>also very clearly remember the consequences that would come my way if I 
>were to break those rules.  I wrote about my experience with gun safety to 
>point out that this is a question that i have never needed an answer to. 
>All that said this thread has sparked a bit of curiosity.  The Mythbusters 
>folks concluded that the falling bullet lost a lot of its "ooompf" because 
>it started to tumble as it fell.  Now I wonder if anyone has performed this 
>test using a round ball projectile?  The spherical bullet should not 
>experience the tumbling problem that its conical cousin had.
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>>   Hi Larry,  Actually I saw an episode of the  "Mythbusters" on the
>>discovery channel that dealt with the terminal velocity of falling 
>>bullets,
>>it was both humorous and educational. I really enjoy that show, I learn
>>something when I watch it, I hope youg people do too, it's got to be 
>>better
>>than what passes for  reality TV such as people eating worms, getting
>>tatoos,etc.
>>   Just my opinion .... Mike
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