Please feel free to celebrate 4th of July..

[LearjetMinako]

Its this kinda of stuff that gives us gun owners a bad rep. I avoid all shots in the air unless bird shot in a open field. Everything else, hits a target or obstruction behind it.

The bullet could have been fired from a smooth bore gun. Even with rifling, they don't leave much unless you are looking really close to it. I've pulled a .45 from a customers tire that was involved in a drive-by shooting. The .45 looked exactly how it would be not shot in its casing. Customer kept it as a souviner.

Happy 4th of July. Substute those gun fire with firecrackers. And be safe.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Well the thing is about 9-10mm wide. It's a little big for any kind of high-powered air rifle (that I know of). I kinda figured it was from a handgun. Though I did not recognize the blue band, I admit I'm not that into guns to be that familiar (though I'm not against anyone owning one, even now). Interestingly enough, when I went into town earlier today the sign indicating the turn ahead just down the road has a nice similarly sized hole in it. I have yet to look at it up close.

About the rifling, I didn't think they left that deep of grooves on the things, unless something wasn't right/damaged. And there are grooves on the bullet, they're just really small.

 

[ForOffRoadDriving]

gotta wartch out for tha carzy michigan redneks! happy 4th i been drinkin!!!

 

[Jay FX4]

gotta wartch out for tha carzy michigan redneks! happy 4th i been drinkin!!!

I'm more worried about Detroiters......

 

[Southern_Trendkill]

Some idiot is lucky they didn't kill you.

I hate to break it to you, but it is impossible for you to die from a bullet falling from the sky. Unless it's a cannonball, the worst you're looking at is a bump on the head.

 

[Ozwynn]

a small projectile falling at terminal velocity.......... sub sonic impact............ in columbia we carried sub sonic .38's........... wouldn't even shoot out the window of a blazer at point blank range...... you could shoot a scumbag until the cylinder was empty and all he would have was bruises on his chest.

 

[darkspork]

That's one of the most redneck things I've seen/heard of in my entire time living in the Midwest.

 

[Insanejughead]

That's one of the most redneck things I've seen/heard of in my entire time living in the Midwest.

What's the most redneck thing you've ever heard?



BDAB hit it right on the button with the terminal velocity thing. A bullet that weighs about as much as a ball point pen isn't going to do anything at all, even if it falls true. When it flies out of the bore of a gun, it's spinning like a gyroscope. As it falls... it just tumbles every which direction. Unlike what I've heard some people think, things do not keep going faster and faster and faster as they fall. They can only go so fast with gravity and that's it.


If that were true, then skydiving would be impossible.

 

[darkspork]

What's the most redneck thing you've ever heard?

OP's post. Idiots shooting guns into the air for no reason.

 

[Frank The Tank]

Ever get peppered with shot bird hunting?

it'll put an eye out, not just a bump on the head.

And you never know what angle it's coming from, quigly aimed 30 feet over his target......... and still killed things (i have shot a 45/70 at a thousand yards and exploded milik jugs)

A bump on the head my ass!!!!

Frank

 

[Will]

How about 20mm cannon shells falling from the air?

 

[Insanejughead]

Sure, the Quigley Sharps rifle with it's near 400 grain bullet and 120 grains of black powder pushing it will definitely take out whatever it's aimed at, granted in that case the bullet is still moving under force from the powder. In the case that I'm talking about, you have to nullify the bullet's original momentum and think about it moving only under the force of gravity. However, even fired directly straight up into the air will do more than just a bump on the head after it falls, but it weighs three to four times that. But that's not quite the same as a normal handgun bullet like the one shown by the OP. That one weighs anywhere from ~90 to ~120 grains.


20mm projectiles falling from the sky would be a problem. I don't plan on ask our towel headed friends what that's like anytime soon. BUT, if one of them does hit me on the head, I'll need not worry about it hurting. I'll probably die instantly.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Sure, the Quigley Sharps rifle with it's near 400 grain bullet and 120 grains of black powder pushing it will definitely take out whatever it's aimed at, granted in that case the bullet is still moving under force from the powder. In the case that I'm talking about, you have to nullify the bullet's original momentum and think about it moving only under the force of gravity. However, even fired directly straight up into the air will do more than just a bump on the head after it falls, but it weighs three to four times that. But that's not quite the same as a normal handgun bullet like the one shown by the OP. That one weighs anywhere from ~90 to ~120 grains.


20mm projectiles falling from the sky would be a problem. I don't plan on ask our towel headed friends what that's like anytime soon. BUT, if one of them does hit me on the head, I'll need not worry about it hurting. I'll probably die instantly.

The big buffalo guns (and I assume artillery) are trajectory weapons. They shoot in an arc, the thing never goes straight up. Maximum range is usually at about 45 degrees, any steeper than that and they start losing range and velocity.

That thing wasn't meant to hit the house, if it was it would be stuck in something. Just messing around target practicing, my .44 cap and ball black powder revolver loaded light can put a ball thru a 2x4...

 

[Jason]

I refuse to celebrate the 4th of July. I celebrate Independence Day. Let's not dilute our holidays folks.