hits a solid steel or rock object and bounces back 180 degrees toward the shooter... what would it's velocity be without any variables?
Any physics geeks out there that might compute?
Any physics geeks out there that might compute?
hits a solid steel or rock object and bounces back 180 degrees toward the shooter... what would it's velocity be without any variables?
Any physics geeks out there that might compute?
Considering 35% of velocity is lost at approximately a 10- 30 degree angle for a ricochet I estimate somewhere around nearly zero to 20 fps which would be determined by the opposite force created by the fixed object imparted onto the the remaining weight of the moving projie.
Sorry, I cannot perform the math but I know a wildlife consultant that does.
hits a solid steel or rock object and bounces back 180 degrees toward the shooter... what would it's velocity be without any variables?
Any physics geeks out there that might compute?
It will not bounce back 180 degrees....
Beg to differ, the one out of 1,000 did.... well within 10 feet of my shooting spot.
I shoot most every day, mostly 22 but still a fair amount of 30 and 44 cal. The rock base that I often hit is maybe 75 yards, the only bullet I have found on my deck was a 44 Mag all lead bullet. Seriously bent but didn't even realize at the time it came back home. So in order to travel that distance it still had some velocity but most obviously bled off.
It likely arced through the air, losing most of its velocity. It did not hit and return to you on the same trajectory.
I would make sense that a larger bullet found its way backward, something small like a 22 it seems to me would not have enough energy to reverse its course and be able to travel that sort of distance.
A jacketed bullet could also somehow manage to not become completely destroyed or mis-shapen on its new journey rearwards.
Or, possibly could have just stuck to your shoe and been returned to the deck after you pasted targets.
I would wear safety glasses so you don't get hit in the eye or dump a pile of sand.
I'm no rocket scientists, but you should not be shooting at any solid surface. You run a very high risk of hurting yourself or others. I would advise you to stop this activity your playing a very dangerous game. Go to Home Depot or lowes and pick up some sand bags, ten or twenty should work and set up your targets on the bags make it three deep, this will greatly reduce the risk of the rounds coming back at you. Hope this helps.
Interesting, but what bullet and velocity is he using?
The stone face I sometimes hit is solid blue granite (typical here) and no bullet fragments to be found BUT after getting smacked many many times a solid 10' block has some cracks in it!
hits a solid steel or rock object and bounces back 180 degrees toward the shooter... what would it's velocity be without any variables?
Any physics geeks out there that might compute?
Look this up on YouTube:
"50 cal ricochet knocks off earmuffs"