-=> Quoting Greer Braxtle to David R. Norton <=-
 DRN> ... once the bullet stops and begins to fall, you're dealing with a
 DRN> plain, simple, falling object, the fact that it was
 DRN> shot from a gun has no bearing on it, other than it will
 DRN> start falling from a higher elevation than it would if
 DRN> you tried to throw it up into the sky.  If you dropped the
 DRN> bullet from an airliner, it would start it's fall
 DRN> higher than a gun would probably shoot it!
 GB> Are you familiar with the concept of 'terminal velocity' as applied
 GB> to objects falling in an atmosphere?
 I don't think a bullet will go high enough to fall far enough to reach
 terminal velocity, if it did the calculations would be real easy,
 wouldn't they!
 Take Care,
 David R. Norton [norton@doitnow.com]
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