What Goes Up Must Come Down: The Reality of Celebratory Gunfire

Posted by throwup238 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @03:47PM
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Re:What Goes Up Must Come Down: The Reality of Celebratory G... by KingGeedorah on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @03:53PM (#38931952)

>173 feet (53 meters) away from where it was fired - half the length of a football field

>2,805 feet (855 meters) horizontally - the length of eight football fields.

Never change America.

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Re:What Goes Up Must Come Down: The Reality of Celebratory G... by smoldesu on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @03:59PM (#38932027)

Imagine how many decks of playing cards that is...

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Re:What Goes Up Must Come Down: The Reality of Celebratory G... by jollyllama on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:07PM (#38932109)

tl;dr falling bullets almost always reach deadly speeds before hitting terminal velocity, presumably because they're so aerodynamic

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