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To: wrench

Amazing, that is a lot of mass at that distance. How much will the bullet drop at 275 yards?


3 posted on 09/16/2016 6:55:24 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

You’re pretty much lobbing it in at that distance. Still wouldn’t want to be out there with a catcher’s glove...


4 posted on 09/16/2016 7:04:04 AM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: Texas Fossil

About 180 pounds depending on gravity and whether he is standing....


9 posted on 09/16/2016 8:03:43 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Texas Fossil

Mass does not change the drop rate - though drag will. Drop is only dependent upon the gravitational force applied. Drop a cannon ball and a fishing bobber at the same time and they will hit at the same time (minus any difference due to air resistance/drag associated with the size and not the mass) or drop a round ounce of gold vs a round ounce of tin of the same size (but considerably different mass) and they will hit at the same time.

Fella dropped two such items off the leaning tower of pisa many many years ago to prove this.


11 posted on 09/16/2016 9:17:49 AM PDT by reed13k
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