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If a rifle is fired horizontally and an identical bullet dropped from the height of the barrel Which hits the ground first?
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They hit at almost exactly the same time. Just because the bullet from the gun is moving horizontally at high speed, this does not mean it escapes the pull of gravity. However, the direction of the fired bullet is "horizontal" (perpendicular to the vertical pull of gravity). This vector is very slightly tangential to the force of gravity, because the Earth is curved. So although the bullet path describes an arc, it is very, very slightly above the curvature of the Earth. The difference for this case would be practically immeasurable. However, for faster projectiles it would be proportionally larger.
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Does horizontal speed affect gravity?
No. That's why a bullet shot horizontally from a gun and a bullet dropped from the muzzle of the gun at the same time both hit the ground at the same time.
When a rifle is fired horizontally the bullet leaves the barrel and doesnt drop at all for the first 35 meters of flight Is this true?
Depends on rifle, bullet, case design and powder charge.
A bullet is fired horizontally out of a gun at the same time another is dropped from the end of the barrelthe one to hit the ground first is?
Both hit at the same time.
How do you calculate the vertical drop of an object travelling horizontally at 101 mph?
It depends because horizontal velocity does not affect vertical velocity at all! Example: If you took a bullet and shot it out of a gun at a perfectly horizontal angle (0 or 180 degrees) and dropped another bullet from the same height of the gun barrel, both bullets would hit the ground at the same time.
A rifle is fired at a distant target and bullet is fired horizontally from a gun you drop a bullet from the height of the barrel if there ain't air resistance which bullet hits the ground 1st explain?
They will arrive at the floor together (assuming the floor is horizontal). The reason is that both the initial vertical component of the speed, and the vertical acceleration, are the same.
Does a higher muzzle velocity equal a longer range?
All other factors equal (bullet mass & frontal area, angle of barrel, etc) a higher muzzle velocity will make the bullet travel further horizontally as if falls to the ground. If the barrel is level when fired , the bullet will hit the ground at the same time as a bullet dropped simutaneously from muzzle height
Will a bullet travel the same distance straight up that it would horizontally?
No. The horizontal distance depends on how close the the ground the gun is. From the firing position, a bullet dropped to the ground will strike the ground in the same time as a bullet shot horizontally forward.
Will a bullet go up out of a level barrel?
No. Assuming the barrel is level (defined as perpendicular to the pull of gravity) then the bullet will leave the barrel horizontally and immediately begin to fall, like any other object subject to gravity. There are aerodynamic forces from air resistance, but these do not impart lift to the bullet. Often the gun recoils (per Newton's laws) in such a way as to raise the barrel after the bullet has fired.
Does horizontal speed affect gravity?
No. That's why a bullet shot horizontally from a gun and a bullet dropped from the muzzle of the gun at the same time both hit the ground at the same time.
When a rifle is fired horizontally the bullet leaves the barrel and doesnt drop at all for the first 35 meters of flight Is this true?
Depends on rifle, bullet, case design and powder charge.
A bullet is fired horizontally out of a gun at the same time another is dropped from the end of the barrelthe one to hit the ground first is?
Both hit at the same time.
How do you calculate the vertical drop of an object travelling horizontally at 101 mph?
It depends because horizontal velocity does not affect vertical velocity at all! Example: If you took a bullet and shot it out of a gun at a perfectly horizontal angle (0 or 180 degrees) and dropped another bullet from the same height of the gun barrel, both bullets would hit the ground at the same time.
Does a 22 cal bullet rise at 75 yards?
no! all bullets fall. A bullet dropped from the edge of a table at the same time a bullet at the same table height leaves a barrel hits the ground at the same time.
If a bullet is shot from a gun and another bullet falls from a barrel which falls first?
If a gun was parallel with the earth and was fired and at that very instant someone standing by the barrel dropped a bullet from beside the barrel, both bullets would hit the ground at the same time. Bullets start falling the instant they leave the end of the gun barrel. That is why hunters hold their rifles at an upward angle. It looks like the bullet will shoot up into the sky. The bullet will follow a curved path toward its target.
Which will fall faster a bullet dropped from a height 1' or a bullet shot from a rifle at a height of 1'?
As long as the barrel is precisely level with the ground, gravity will pull them to the Earth at the same rate.
Does caliber refer to a bullet or barrel?
bullet
What does a barrel assembly do on a rifle?
The barrel guides and accelerates the bullet out of the rifle, and imparts spin to the bullet to stabilize the bullet in flight.
