-=> Quoting William Byrd to David R. Norton <=-
 >    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!
 WB> You must not have read the label on the .22 rounds you've been
 WB> firing. The average .22 round has a range of over one and half miles.
 WB> Thus if you were standing say half a mile from a park, school yard,
 WB> etc.. and fired into the air then yes the bullet could travel far
 WB> enough and fast enough to still seriously injure or kill a person if
 WB> they were struck by it.  Which happens to be just what did occur some
 WB> twenty years ago here in my home town.
 I've read the label, you're correct a .22 is dangerous at much longer
 range than people think.  You missed the start of the thread, however,
 and your post isn't related to the discussion.  The question was if a
 bullet (not a .22, just any bullet) was fired *straight* up (straight up
 means the bullet would fall back to the exact same spot), how would
 you calculate the velocity on it's return, and what factors would need
 to be considered.  Since terminal velocity was mentioned, I said I
 didn't think the bullet would go high enough to reach "terminal
 velocity" on it's return.  Now you're up to date on the thread, but
 we've all agreed, I think, that figuring air drag effects is a bit too
 complicated.
 Take Care,
 David R. Norton [norton@doitnow.com]
... Concealed Weapon: one your wife doesn't know you bought, yet!
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