BoatBanter.com - View Single Post

BAR[_2_]

In article ,
says...

"thunder" wrote in message
t...
On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:19:35 -0500, Harry wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:20 -0500, I am Tosk wrote:

In article ,
says...
Or did I not pay
enough for my gun? Or maybe some bullet fell through a roof somewhere
and we're off and running again (that's a really bizarre story). Or?
Yeah, the mythbusters did a whole thing on it. They found it to be a
myth but admitted they had interviewed doctors in the middle east who
say they have cases of falling bullets killing people.

I have to wonder how a bullet falling so slow could come through a
roof (becoming distorted) and then enter a head so far as to not be
seen until an autopsy. I would believe a ricochet from inside, or a
direct shot during a disturbance more. Something fishy there in my
mind...

A falling bullet is one thing, there's not much power there, but a
bullet shot at something less than 45 degrees, could easily kill
someone quite a distance away.

Uh...I would dispute the "finding" that a bullet falling towards the
earth after being fired "straight up" has "not much power." I have seen
a falling bullet hit the roof of a metal storage building and go right
on through.

I'm sure there are legitimate reports of deaths and serious injuries
resulting from bullets fired into the air.

I'm sure there are. I should clarify, *relatively* not much power. The
Army did a study on .30 caliber reaching terminal velocity. They figured
it to be @ 300 feet per second, with a force of @ 30 foot lbs. Being hit
by such, would definitely be an unpleasant experience, and could kill,
but compared to an M1 carbine with a muzzle velocity of 1,970 ft/s. I'll
take my chances with a bullet falling straight down.

But might have still been on a trajectory. Friend who is a retired cop,
said he shot at a robber and the bullet went through the side of a metal
building about a mile away and luckily did not kill the lady that it hit.
Went in the front of her throat lodged against the spine. And that was with
maybe a 357 police revolver. I think it was before they went to 9 mil.

I can put a stick through a metal building using nothing but my bare
hands.