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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 3277274" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>The joker in the deck is that most "falling" projectiles are not truly free falling, but are toward the end of the parabola from being shot at an angle instead of straight up. The maximum range of a bullet is obtained by shooting with the gun pointed up about 30 degrees, and the bullet hits with a substantial part of its velocity remaining. I teach physics, but once you understand the bullet is still following its fired trajectory, a ballistics chart can be used by anyone. The rare bullet that is fired straight up will fall at terminal velocity, which is much slower than the bullet still following its fired parabola.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 3277274, member: 796"] The joker in the deck is that most "falling" projectiles are not truly free falling, but are toward the end of the parabola from being shot at an angle instead of straight up. The maximum range of a bullet is obtained by shooting with the gun pointed up about 30 degrees, and the bullet hits with a substantial part of its velocity remaining. I teach physics, but once you understand the bullet is still following its fired trajectory, a ballistics chart can be used by anyone. The rare bullet that is fired straight up will fall at terminal velocity, which is much slower than the bullet still following its fired parabola. [/QUOTE]
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