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Because of the recoil of the weapon. Equal and opposite reaction to the ejection of the projectile fired.

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Why a bullet shot from a gun goes well inside a wooden block but a throw by hand does not?

The bullet out of the gun will be travelling a lot faster, and with a lot more force than the bullet thrown by hand.


Will a shot bullet land at the same time dropped bullet?

No, the shot bullet will land after the dropped bullet. This is because the shot bullet has an initial horizontal velocity in addition to the vertical acceleration due to gravity, while the dropped bullet only has the vertical acceleration due to gravity.


Why does my shotgun shot a bullet every other time?

Because that was the way it was loaded into the gun, shot charge, bullet charge, shot charge, bullet charge. If you load it that way, it will shoot that way.


Which basic component is a bullet and shot pellets?

projectile


What is the past participle of shot?

pp = shot He has shot his last bullet.


Who shot the first bullet?

Chinese


Which has more momentum a gun or the bullet it fires?

If the gun is stationary before the shot, then the momentum of the gun and the momentum of the bullet are equal and opposite after the shot.


Can you shot a bullet with no gun?

Yes, a bullet can be shot with no gun. A bullet does not need a lot of speed to kill someone. Say someone threw a bullet to the ground, it might bounce back up and hit you, thus causing you to die or be injured


Can you survive being shot with a bullet?

Yes


What are a piece of small shot called?

bullet


What is the idiom for' like a shot'?

Going "like a shot" means "as straight and as fast as a bullet shot from a gun."


What type of guns?

There are many different types of guns! Shot guns, rifles, hand guns, pistols, even paint guns and air soft guns. Then with each type there are different callibers, which is the size of the bullet that is shot through it. the higher the number the bigger the calliber therefore the bigger the bullet and generally the bigger the gun.

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