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To: Melian

The muzzle velocity of a .223 bullet is about 1200 to 4000 feet per second depending on particulars. If the bullet whizzing past Trump hadn’t slowed much it would travel 18” on a picture taken with a shutter speed of 1/800th to 1/2600th of a second. Those are fast but not uncommon shutter speeds with modern digital cameras.

If that photo was taken at 1/8000th of a second as the graphic says, 18” of bullet travel would indicate 12,000 feet per second. 1/8000th of a second isn’t likely - .223’s don’t travel that fast. The camera didn’t have to be super special, just timely.


1,511 posted on 07/17/2024 10:43:45 PM PDT by Tellurian (Any cleverness from a democrat is quickly invested in deception)
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To: Tellurian

At 1/8000th of a second, captured only 30 times a second leaves a lot of time for a moving 2000 foot per second projectile to not be in frame.

“Mist” from the President’s nicked ear, however, might float in the bullet’s vacuum trail for an instant.

Now I want to know if it really WAS set at 1/8000th.


1,519 posted on 07/18/2024 1:32:53 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: Tellurian

Remember too, that pic is the vapor trail that it momentarily created in passing.


1,736 posted on 07/18/2024 3:49:19 PM PDT by Axenolith (Here... Hold my beer and check this out...)
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