At what distance does a handgun round hit max velocity?

[Blackhawk]

Define angel.

 

[Pistolsmith]

Define pinhead.

 

[db4]

The modern derivation of the medieval argument is: "How many dancing angels does it take to confuse a pinhead?"

If you think this is irrelevant today, you haven't been paying attention to politics.

 

[Kframe]

Someone brought up a question about an accellerated ricochet.

I bet it could happen.
If the ricochet is less of a bounce, and more of a bank, it may happen.
All it takes is an ever-tightening curve on a smooth surface.

Kinda like that ball-toss game with that curvey handled thing.
I had one as a kid.
I think it's based on that sport Jai A'lai or whatever the spelling is.
I'm thinking that it's actually like a lever.
The bullet or fragment would be "flicked" in the new direction.
I'm sure this doesn't happen often, but I think it could.
All it would take is the right angle at the right time.

Or am I wrong?

-Kframe

 

[Matt G]

Distance of max vel?

About 100 feet.








....For a GyroJet.

 

[Tim Burke]

Touché!

 

[WESHOOT2]

SCREW GALILEO

Science has refuted the 'dropped same -- fall same" theory, with the more modern understanding that gravity acts on different mass differently.

Yep.

(Yes, I know this is not pertinent, but I wanted to impress all with my exceptional grasp of modern physics, and stuff.)