jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (01/14/87)
Article: 1:19 [See what happens when you don't include subject lines in your submissions? -jh ] > Article 318 of mod.rec.guns: > Author: decvax!decwrl!prls!philabs!pwa-b!anneser@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Dean Anneser) > Article: 1:4 > > References: <1957@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> + I believe it was Newton who proved that two metal balls of differing weights, + dropped from the same height at the same time shall reach the ground at the + same time (discounting the negligible effects of friction through the air). + Similarly, if one ball was dropped, and at the same instant, another ball + was thrust horizontally from the same height, they would both reach the + ground at the same time (assuming a relatively flat earth). + + Therefore, if you bore sighted a target, that would be suspended with some + mechanism that would release the target the instant you pulled the trigger, + you would always hit the target (assuming negligible effects of air friction + as the target dropped). I'm not so sure... I recall seeing that there are significant lift effects on fast-spinning rifle bullets. The net result may be surprisingly contra-intuitive. You probably wouldn't notice it in pistolcraft. I'll try to find my source for you, but I wanted to put out this caution ASAP.