Worst case of gun safety EVER...
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Re: Worst case of gun safety EVER...
How far did it go? 20mm, figures around 10km would not surprise me.
As per the shooter, I'd rather not say in polite company

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Re: Worst case of gun safety EVER...
northumbrian wrote:How far did it go? 20mm, figures around 10km would not surprise me.
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What a complete nobber,
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Re: Worst case of gun safety EVER...
I feel sorry for the gun, being man handled by such a
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Re: Worst case of gun safety EVER...
Did a couple of quick calculations which assume a 20mm has a 4000 fps or 1035 m/s muzzle velocity and that there is no air resistance - there will be in practice but the projectile is fairly streamlined so it will not slow rapidly.northumbrian wrote:How far did it go? 20mm, figures around 10km would not surprise me.
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At an angle of 10 degrees it could travel around 18.5km. Taking an angle of 5 degrees the distance would be 9.5 km.
In the best/worst case at 45 degrees a projectile could actually travel 54km - in practice a lot less.
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