azredhawk44
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Anyone notice in the new movie out, Shooter, in the scene where the cardinal is shot from 1800 yards away:
The sound of the gunshot arrived about 1/4 second before the cardinal was hit?
With a muzzle velocity of 2900fps, a 50BMG projectile is still moving around 1400fps at 1800 yards, isn't it? That's a bit faster than sound, even after over a mile of de-celeration.
Speed of sound is about 1030fps, right? Give or take.
If sound doesn't de-celerate, it should take about 5.5 seconds to travel 1800 yards. A 50BMG bullet should take about 3 seconds to travel that same distance.
Seems to me that the bullet should have knocked down the cardinal about 2.5 seconds before the gunshot was heard in the movie from the podium.
Movie screw-up.
The sound of the gunshot arrived about 1/4 second before the cardinal was hit?
With a muzzle velocity of 2900fps, a 50BMG projectile is still moving around 1400fps at 1800 yards, isn't it? That's a bit faster than sound, even after over a mile of de-celeration.
Speed of sound is about 1030fps, right? Give or take.
If sound doesn't de-celerate, it should take about 5.5 seconds to travel 1800 yards. A 50BMG bullet should take about 3 seconds to travel that same distance.
Seems to me that the bullet should have knocked down the cardinal about 2.5 seconds before the gunshot was heard in the movie from the podium.
Movie screw-up.