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How long does it take for a 50 caliber bullet to fall down to earth

Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:32 pm
Posted by Street Hawk
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:32 pm
Let's find out:

LINK
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79838 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:35 pm to
Thanks for the clickbait blind link. a-hole.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45546 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:37 pm to
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How long does it take for a 50 caliber bullet to fall down to earth


We still don't know. That was a .50 caliber bullet.
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
16797 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:39 pm to
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Thanks for the clickbait blind link. a-hole.


You know you can hover over it and see or if on mobile copy it and paste it..... It's just youtube, lazy.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79838 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:41 pm to
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It's just youtube, lazy.



You realize that when you post there is a prompt to title your link. Lazy fricks just click 'ok'

And hovering doesn't work on phones.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 2:42 pm
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52841 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:43 pm to
The same amount of time it takes a bowling ball...or a BB....or a penny....or a roasted duck breast....with the same initial velocity and trajectory (ignoring wind resistance)

ETA: In fact, if aimed directly level to the ground...the same amount of time for that bullet to fall down to earth if simply held at same height and dropped.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 2:48 pm
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:47 pm to
About tree-fiddy you blind link posting a-hole.

Now that that's out of the way, the people in that video aren't too bright.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 2:48 pm
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7881 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:49 pm to
I really enjoyed the video, and their enthusiasm!
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
35971 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:50 pm to
I was about to say that.

The same amount of time it takes anything else to “fall” to earth.

Quotations because being fired out of a gun isn’t falling. Despite what Mythbusters says.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 2:51 pm
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:54 pm to
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How long does it take for a 50 caliber bullet to fall down to earth


That would depend on how high above the surface it started out.
Posted by lnomm34
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
12702 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:54 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/15/25 at 3:26 pm
Posted by rowbear1922
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
15825 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

The same amount of time it takes a bowling ball...or a BB....or a penny....or a roasted duck breast....with the same initial velocity and trajectory (ignoring wind resistance)

ETA: In fact, if aimed directly level to the ground...the same amount of time for that bullet to fall down to earth if simply held at same height and dropped.


SCIENCE!
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:05 pm to
One minute and 50 seconds - in a messican accent.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118270 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:05 pm to
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Posted by starsandstripes
Georgia
Member since Nov 2017
11897 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

The same amount of time it takes a bowling ball...or a BB....or a penny....or a roasted duck breast....with the same initial velocity and trajectory (ignoring wind resistance)

ETA: In fact, if aimed directly level to the ground...the same amount of time for that bullet to fall down to earth if simply held at same height and dropped.


This is classical physics. How old are you? Do you even quantum, bro?
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76156 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:08 pm to
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50 caliber
Here’s 50 Caliber, dummy-



Here’s .50 caliber sniper rounds-



Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52841 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:13 pm to
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Do you even quantum, bro?


Assumptions: I am NOT using a .50 Caliber Schrödinger's bullet
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
56199 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:14 pm to
If you drop it from your hand from Outer Space, it will stay in orbit for a while.
Posted by ChewyDante
Member since Jan 2007
17232 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:17 pm to
I prefer to measure how long it takes to return home.

.50 caliber boomerang
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59450 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 3:19 pm to
What makes them sniper rounds? Or are they just .50 cal rounds?
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