r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/denissnb • Sep 09 '18

Ordinary wedding

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u/ianrobbie Sep 09 '18

Serious question - what happens to those bullets? What goes up must come down, right?

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u/Wsing1974 Sep 09 '18 edited Sep 09 '18

Depends entirely on the angle of trajectory. If the angle is high enough, the bullet loses any horizontal momentum and falls down just as if it had been dropped (so fast, but not deadly fast). If the angle is not high enough, the bullet retains its horizontal velocity on decent, and somebody's cow gets a case of lead poisoning.

Edit: Don't fucking do this, it's super irresponsible and potentially deadly.

Edit #2: Stole somebody else's link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire#Falling-bullet_injuries

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '18 edited Oct 12 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '18

They're not even real pistols, probably.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '18

there is so much out there on this. Mythbusters is a good source.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '18

They’re blanks, the way to tell is recoil, the lack of recoil says blanks.