True or false

[Mr Badger]

Did the chicken on treadmill take off?

Obvious trick question to catch those less knowledgeable in the field of advanced super physics quantum treadmill research. We were on a plane, so everything took off.

 

[Devrij]

only if mavity is assumed to act uniformly downwards along the length of the corridor, otherwise we have to factor in that whilst the floor is "flat" the bullet is travelling tangentially from gravitational pull meaning it'll reduce in magnitude and no longer be acting perfectly downwards (reducing the magnitude), practically speaking it's the equivalent of firing the bullet up hill.

iirc mythbusters proved that in the real world it's pretty damn close, at least within the tolerances they could control.

True. Although I imagine that the flight of your average bullet would leave it like a metre higher up, so we'd be talking milliseconds.

 

[adolf hamster]

True. Although I imagine that the flight of your average bullet would leave it like a metre higher up, so we'd be talking milliseconds.

Milliseconds is milliseconds, its one of those "how deep down the rabbit hole" questions really

 

[Puzzled]

Depends on how long the guy you shot staggers around before hitting the ground.

 

[Hades]

It depends on whether either gun is on a treadmill at the time.

 

[MissChief]

Assuming the same air pressure wind etc then yes they will hit the ground at the same time.

 

[itchy]

Its bull the is no way that they have a gun that can land a bullet at the right distance.

quote:
The final step is to learn the muzzle velocity of the gun and multiply it by the ballistic coefficient. Typically a 9 mm bullet shot out of a medium sized handgun will travel 2200 meters before it will fall to the ground. A bullet almost never travels this far before it actually hits something.

They were in a warehouse that was no longer than 330ft, so am calling it bull.

Lets see them do it 10ft in front of the gun.

Bullets travel far, even when I had a pellet gun I could shoot birds off the neighbours roof 4 doors away. I know I feel guilty took a few out in my time.

Pigeon rolling (pigeons rolling off the roof with 22 pellet in the heads) was funny at the time, I was only 13.

 

[Malevolence]

Its bull the is no way that they have a gun that can land a bullet at the right distance.

I haven't seen the full length clip, but if I had to guess I'd say they probably calculated the amount of powder and hand loaded the rounds.

 

[adolf hamster]

Except i'm pretty sure that's a .45 they're using not a 9mm, so lower velocity already, plus they almost certainly under charged the rounds because that doesnt look like a substantial backstop.

 

[itchy]

Except i'm pretty sure that's a .45 they're using not a 9mm, so lower velocity already, plus they almost certainly under charged the rounds because that doesnt look like a substantial backstop.

The .45 bullet has 127 percent more bullet diameter than a 9mm. The .40 has 113 percent more than the 9mm. As velocity increases, so does energy, but at a much faster rate, which can be a bit deceiving. ... The 185-grain .45 ACP +P carries 127 percent of the energy of the 9mm+P.

A gun is a gun but a bullet is total different kettle of fish.
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[adolf hamster]

The .45 bullet has 127 percent more bullet diameter than a 9mm. The .40 has 113 percent more than the 9mm. As velocity increases, so does energy, but at a much faster rate, which can be a bit deceiving. ... The 185-grain .45 ACP +P carries 127 percent of the energy of the 9mm+P.

A gun is a gun but a bullet is total different kettle of fish.
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I dont get what your trying to get at here, a lower velocity round will cover less distance horizontally before it hits the floor, and i'm not arguing they used under charged ammo for the sake of safety.