What would happen if two bullets hit each other directly in crossfire? has it ever happened? is it possible?
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yes all the time. \nwhen the two bullets collide, if the speeds are the same then they will explode on impact with a canceled out net force of 0. it will be like the bullet hit a stone wall. the stronger bullet collided with a wek bullet would push it in its direction and the weak one will explode before the strong one. I think......
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The bullet will eventually fall back to Earth, however, it will not be going nearly as fast as it was once shot out of the gun.\n\nThe muzzle velocity of a bullet out of a gun is much higher than the terminal velocity of that same bullet falling down through our atmosphere.  As soon as that bullet leaves the barrel, it begins to slow down due to air resistance.  As the bullet climbs higher and higher, gravity too is working to slow the bullet down.  The bullet will reach its highest point and begin to fall back down.  Gravity works to accelerate the bullet downward, but air resistance works to slow it down. The bullet will reach some maximum downward velocity when the force of friction (air resistance) equals the bullet's weight (force of gravity) and will not accelerate any more.  The bullet will hit the ground traveling much slower than it did when it was fired from the gun.\nThat said, I still wouldnt want to be the person it falls on before I do any terminal velocity calculations for the particular bullet.
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In macromedia flash, the method you should use is the hitTest() method.  Heres a breakdown of how it works:\n\nYou can take a multitude of different objects and test for a collision.\n\nExample:\nif(object1.hitTest(object2))\n{\n    // Execute some code here if true\n}\nelse\n{\n    // it's false\n}
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In all honesty, I don't think it's possible as the ball is pressurized.  Maybe a direct hit of a sharp object would cause the ball to deflate and not "burst."\n\nHope this helps.
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It could happen at the same time....or never....
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I'm not sure who usually uses compressed nitrogen to shoot a bullet out of a gun.  Typical firearms use gunpowder, an explosive chemical mixture.  The bullet is propelled by the force of expanding gas in the explosion.\n\nPractically anything can be used to propel a bullet: explosive material, springs, leverage, compressed gases, etc.  The most powerful guns (those used on battleships and gun implacements) used plastic explosives to push their projectiles.  \n\nThere have been some experiments with using charged particles as a source of projectile propulsion.  The repulsive force between powerfully charged electromagnets can be INCREDIBLY powerful.  Theoretically, it should be possible, using current technology, to fire a small projectile at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light.  Obviously, this would take an enormous amount of money and some incredible engineering.
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Even if you shoot the gun horizontally, the bullet dropped will reach the ground sooner because air friction.  Because the shot bullet traverses a longer path in the atmosphere, it will  experience a longer period of drag and reach terminal velocity sooner,  and  has to travel a  longer path at that velocity.\n\nThere is also the effect of the curvature of the earth; the ground is actually farther away for the horizontally shot bullet.  In fact, if the muzzle velocity is high enough, the bullet will never reach the ground.  It's in orbit!
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If everything were lined up exactly inline and marble 1 hits 2 which hits 3, then both marbles 2 and 3 would move together at the same rate as marble 1.    (1~~>2~~>3)   You have probably seen that demonstrated with the newton's pendulum toy that has 5 chrome balls hanging by strings.   When you pull 1 of the balls back and let it swing into the other 4, 1 ball swings off the other end.  2 balls cause 2 to swing off the other end.\n\nIn your experiment, the 1st marble will hit the other 2 and release all of it's energy.  They will then go at the same rate as the first marble.\n\nV1 = 0\nV2 = 15.5 in a direction 60 degrees off to left.\nV3 = 15.5 in a direction 60 degrees off to the right.
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NO!!!\n\n\nThey dont fall with the same velocity, \n\nThere is a maximum /terminal velocity an object can attain while moving in a fluid. (in our case - air).\n\nAnother force acts on bullet in a direction opposite to that of g. \n\nThis force = 6 * pi * n * r * v \n\nr - radius of object,\nn - coeff of viscocity\nv - terminal velocity.\n\n\nThus the velocity with which the bullet will return to earth would be much less. (but still large enough )
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It could have very well clogged up and therefore you would lose the blood trail. Have everyone walk in a straight line from where the last blood was, and if no sign there is a good chance it doubled back. So you may want to walk in the opposite direction. Good Luck
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Depends on the weapon, the trajectory, the type of ammunition, etc. But if you shot someone straight up the rectum with something like a .45, they won't have to worry about kissing their arse goodbye, because death will most probably come very quickly.
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Essentially, blanks are the regular cartridge, but instead of the shell (the pointy bit, otherwise known as the bullet), there is a round circle of cardboard.  The gun still fires as usual, but is much lighter (how arnold can shoot a big gun with one hand).  In theory, the cardboard should be burned and harmless, but for the first second or so, it's still dangerous.  So, it's a yes and no.  If you're wearing proper protective gear and are more than a foot from the person who's firing at you, you should be fine.  \n\nAn aside: A bullet has three main parts, the shell (the one that kills people) the cartridge (what holds the gunpowder) and a starter (what the hammer hits and what ignites the gunpowder).  For hollywood, if they show somebody loading bullets into a gun, they use bullets with deactivated starters, no gunpowder and regular shells.  Then, for firing, they use blanks.\n\nI would say that you should express your concern to whoever is running the wargames and see what they say.  they could be using a special setup, i don't know.  \n\nI know that was complicated, but best of luck!\n\n-Belril
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I think you have left off part of the question. The speed of a ball is a vector. When you hit the ball, the vector points upward and forward. Gravity pulls the vector downward. Small forces (air friction, etc.) retard the total speed, but assume those can be ignored.\n\nAt some point, the pull of gravity will pull the vector to point down instead of up. That's the maximum height. The horizontal component of the speed vector should not change (given our assumptions). It still goes forward at the initial velocity. However, The vertical component is instantaenously at zero. In a moment, the ball will start to accelerate vertically and the vector will continue to pull down below the horizontal line becuase of the force of gravity.\n\nIf this were not true, the ball would reach maximum height and then just drop from the sky (0 overall velocity) which you know it does not do.\n\nSo of your choices, probably equal to initial or ever so slightly les than initial would be the best.\n\nThe same thing happens if you drop, say, a ball from 10 feet and fire a bullet from a height of 10 feet. The both hit the ground at the same time.The fact that the bullet is speeding horizontally doesn't affect gravity pulling on it vertically. (yeah small effects like curvature of the Earth, wind resistance, etc. being ignored).
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Not yet. Only two more days.\n\nI ran out of factory ammo for my 8mm Mauser, which is what I sighted it in with. It was a 40 mile drive to get to a place that stocked it.\n\nI started using my handloads.  A guy gave me a Lee handloader a couple of years ago, and I loaded up just a few couple, so I started with them. Apparently they're about 25% hotter than the factory loads and it's been shooting over everything...\n\nWell, actually, I've only gotten one shot in.\nThe guy I'm hunting with had to sell his 270 and hasn't shot deer slugs before (which was the only other thing I had to use).\nHe's got a great place where he can hunt, but he's shot at about three and missed them all.  We finally checked it out and it was hitting about a foot higher - still perfectly centered though.\n\nI had it almost dialed in and was about out of 170gr Remington bullets and primers.  I made the 40-mile trip for more, and of course, all they had this time were 150gr Hornady Interlocks.\nChecked those and dialed it down 12 clicks.\n\nI think it's sighted in now and I'm using it tomorrow - he gets the smooth-bore.\n\nI hope so - only two days left.
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Nope, there were three shots and two hits.  First shot misses, not surprising since Oswald is nervous and on edge.  After the first shot the recoil strikes his shoulder, he hears the rifle crack and his Marine Corp training takes over.  The second shot hits President Kennedy high in the back and passes through into Governor Connally, forget that nonsense about a "magic" bullet since the two men line up perfectly, in a Lincoln limo and not a Cadillac as is usually used in the conspiracy books, and Oswlad was using full metal jacket ammo so the bullet would have maximum penetration and wouldn't be inclined to deform.  The third shot, which is actually the easiest shot since the limo was traveling slightly down hill and almost directly away from Oswald, no leading the target, strikes President Kennedy in the head.  The motion of his head snapping back is proof that the round came from behind although those who know nothing of wound pathology or physics seem to think otherwise.  Three shots, two hits.  \n\nThe claim that four shots were recorded from an open police motorcycle microphone was popular for a time and even fooled a house committee.  Only later did someone notice that there are no sirens to be heard on the recoding.  Moments after the shooting every police siren was sounding as the motocade raced to the hospital.  Where ever that police motorcycle with the open microphone was that day, probably the site of the speach that President Kennedy was going to give, it wasn't in Dealy Plaza.  \n\nI'm afarid it's not a very popular or exciting answer but then again, the truth is seldom considered to be either.
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While the nozzles are specifically engineered to prevent this, it is possible.  Do not do this.  Fuel/air explosions are powerful, the best outcome you could expect is permanent maiming.  I had a Chemistry professor who had lost 3 fingers playing with a methanol propellant aerosol can.  There are generally good reasons not to do stupid things, this would qualify as a stupid thing.
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Gun ammunition holds explosive charge INSIDE the cartridge.  When the hammer on the firearm hits the rear of the cartridge, the charge is ignited, and the bullet is propelled forward.\n\nAs long as the cartridge is waterproof, the pistol should fire fine if it got wet.  Here are two sites that mention that [seem to imply] that cartridges are generally waterproof:\nhttp://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/425/425lect06.htm\nhttp://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/bullets.htm\n\nAs for firing underwater, it would probably depend on the gun.  They're not specifically designed for the resistance that a gun barrel filled with water would give, but remember that bullets are designed to create force primarily along the forward axis, not sideways.  I'd imagine that modern gun barrels are strong enough to handle an underwater shot, though you'd get an enormous kickback from the resistance.\n\nNote that I'm no gun expert, but I think the notions about guns not firing when wet and exploding underwater are based on older-style weapons.  When you pour dry gunpowder into a musket, it's exposed to the weather, and wouldn't ignite if it got wet.  And it's explosive force is outward, and so if the barrel has slight resistance, it might just explode.\n\n\nEdited To Add:\n[Here's a cool explanation of some testing of underwater shooting.  In short: the guns fired fine, no damage to the guns, though the cartridges jammed after firing.  Your mileage may vary.]\nhttp://www.loadammo.com/Topics/May02.htm