2006-12-28 04:19:55 · 18 answers · asked by charlie the cards fan! 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Theoretically under perfect circumstances they will hit at the same time. Barrel perfectly parallel to the ground, perfectly flat ground (compensating for curvature of the earth?), no wind resistance, (bullets sustain unbelievable amounts of air-friction, I have heard of tracer rounds relying on phosphorus ignited by air-friction, although most do not operate this way) identical height, and identical time of release and emergence from barrel, perfectly identical bullets, identical bullet orientation, compensation for amount of material shaved off the bullet by the rifling, ect.
Real life, too many variables, depends on the factors.
2006-12-28 14:23:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you're shooting a bullet perfectly flat with no upward or downward aim, and dropping a bullet of the exact same size and weight, both will hit the ground at the same exact second. Common physics.
The only thing that effects how fast something drops is its size as it relates to wind resistance. A parachute has far more wind resistance than a bowling ball so the parachute will fall slower if both are dropped from the same height. But remove the wind, as in take the experiment into a vacuum, and both the parachute and the bowling ball will always drop at the same rate.
Both bullets will have equal weight and wind resistance so both will always fall at the same rate even if one is fired forward at high speed.
2006-12-28 14:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by randkl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to physics and ignoring wind resistance, a bullet shot parallel with the ground will impact the ground at the same time that a bullet was dropped at the same time from the same height. Back before everyone was scared to death about school violence, our physics class performed this experiment with a bow and arrows that I was requested by the teacher to bring to school. Arrows are a lot easier than bullets to keep track of once they are fired. Sounds wierd, but it works.
2006-12-28 12:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by .40 Glock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if ur shooting a bullet at the floor then its the shooting bullet but if ur shooting and throwing a bullet up then the one u throw hits the ground first.
2006-12-28 15:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by rubixmaster 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if it was fired at the ground I believe the fired round would. Terminal velocity for people is about 125 mph. Approx: 200fps. A round is usually expelled at average 800fps. So it's simple math. The one shot is traveling 4x faster. Even if the distance was large enough that the shot round expelled all the energy from being fired and was "free falling" it has a hell of a jump start.
If you were asking about anything else, then it depends on the direction fired.
2006-12-28 12:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by wldathrt77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gravity affects the bullet in motion the same as the bullet that is being drop. provided the bullet that is put in motion is the same distance and attitude relative to the ground they will strike at the same time
2006-12-28 13:33:38 · answer #6 · answered by brokerman74067 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some say they hit the ground at the same time, but I don't see how that is cause the shot will be going forward and therefore should act a little like a plane. How could they measure that anyway?
2006-12-28 12:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by capnemo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One would think a bullet that is shot would hit first.
2006-12-28 12:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by Papa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about standing on a building and shooting down at the same time dropping one, then the one being shot would hit first simply because it would already have a greater velocity initially...
2006-12-28 12:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by davidinark 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Droping a bullet.
2006-12-28 12:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋