Does a bullet come back down at the same speed?

A bullet fired straight up, with no wind, might reach a height of 10,000 feet (about three kilometers), but will come back down at only around 150 miles per hour: just 10\% of the speed and with only 1\% of the energy as the originally fired bullet.

Does a bullet travel the same speed in space?

While the drag force does definitely slow down the bullet, gravity has a much larger effect on the bullet’s flight. So: instantaneously after firing, the speed of a bullet in space and on earth should be the same.

Does a bullet travel at the speed of sound?

Most firearms’ bullets are supersonic. Bullets fired from slings, slingshots, and many airguns (including BB guns ) travel well below the speed of sound (about 340 m/s or 1115 feet/s in dry air at sea level).

What speed do bullets travel?

An average bullet travels at around 2736 Kilometers/hour or 1700 miles/hour. That’s 6 times faster than the top speed of the fastest car in the world. Many bullets travel faster than the speed of sound. Bullets are 3 times faster than the commercial jet aircraft at about 400–500 knots.

How far a bullet can travel?

According to the National Rifle Association, if you’re going for distance, the optimal angle of elevation is around 30 degrees from horizontal. The NRA says that for a 9 mm handgun, the most popular handgun according to Guns.com, a bullet will travel up to 2,130 yards, or about 1.2 miles.

Can bullets fire in space?

Fires can’t burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.

What happens when you fire a bullet in space?

Yes. Bullets carry their own oxidising agent in the explosive of the cartridge (which is sealed, anyway) so there’s no need for atmospheric oxygen to ignite the propellant. Once shot, the bullet will keep going forever, as the universe is expanding at a faster rate than the bullet will travel.

How fast does a bullet travel through a gun?

If the gun shoots bullets at 1,000 mph, then the bullet will always move away from the gun at 1,000 mph.

What happens if you shoot a bullet off a moving train?

If you shoot the bullet off the back of the train, the bullet will still be moving away from you and the gun at 1,000 mph, but now the speed of the train will subtract from the speed of the bullet. Relative to the ground, the bullet will not be moving at all, and it will drop straight to the ground.

When will the muzzle velocity of the bullet be equal to?

A gun fires a bullet. When will the muzzle velocity of the bullet be equal to the recoil speed of the gun? Nope. The kinetic energy of the bullet when it leaves the muzzle will be equal to the recoil energy of the gun, not the velocity.

What happens if you shoot a bullet straight up?

Even a bullet, fired straight up at the maximum speed a gunpowder blast can accelerate it to, will never leave the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. A combination of gravity and air resistance will slow it down until it reaches a maximum height, whereupon it will fall back down to Earth’s surface.