The Shooting Physicist

[stephen perry 1]

That's who I am That's who you are. Life is Physics. Shooting is Physics. Chemistry is Physics. Engineering is Physics. Forming Small Caliber cartridges is Physics. Making bullets is Physics. Shooting is Physics.

Like to hear from those who have realized what Physics and all lifes sub guidelines have meant to their load development and shooting life. I have more later. What say yeah.

Stephen Perry

[Oleman]

True enough but have we learned all there is to know about physics yet?

[sluggo]

While working at a ca.state university I started a conversation with a physics student who claimed that if you dropped a bullet and from the same height shot a bullet straight and flat they would hit the ground at the same time
Doesn't make sense to me. what say you ?

[hemiallen]

LOL

I highly doubt the PHD Pysicists I have been working with and for, since 1980, would agree with us claiming to be Physicists, but I would suggest we do work with the laws of Physics in our quest to learn and understand ballistics.


But, the Physicists I support are Nuclear Physicists, the earlier Generation I supported mostly shot and reloaded ammo, the more recent batch of college grads know what a firearm is...


Allen

[stephen perry 1]

sluggo
I agree with the Physicist student you talked to in a theoretical sense. If curious get yourself a high school Physics text and a Schaum's Physics outline series. Very interesting and easy to understand. Read the motion section you'll get your answers.

Stephen Perry

[Bob Acker]

Sluggo
For practical purposes a fired bullet and a dropped bullet will hit the ground at the same time. Mathmatically the fired bullet will take longer given the curvature of the earth. However, given the distance a rifle bullet travels relative the distance around the earth the curvature factor becomes irrelevant. Therefore a dropped bullet and a fired bullet will hit the ground almost insantaneously. For a more detailed explanation google the "affect of gravity on rifle bullets". It will also help in understanding why some rifle cartridges are more "flat" shooting than others and why rifle bullets will always shoot high then shooting either
up or down hill.
Hope this helps.
Bob

[sluggo]

Thanks I'll check it out

[stephen perry 1]

Bob
Thanks for coming on to share the wealth of your knowledge of the Laws of Physics. Some know most don't. What you and I are sharing are the basic principles of motion that have been going on since Day 1 on our planet earth. Believing or not believing makes no difference. The Laws of Physics are finite. In shooting whether we know or not every action can be explained not by man/women/something elses opinion but by peformance, the best shooter works to establish their niche in each competition, thus the daily winner.

I want to do a Thread on what shooting in conditions could be helpful for hunter and target/range shooter.

Stephen Perry

[360Sideways]

The stated theory only holds true in a vacuum....

[Stan from Pa.]

Son of a gun, I had a feeling that I would someday regret not going to college, just didn't think it would be on my favorite small caliber shooting forum?
Stan