How long does it take for a bullet to fall from the sky?

between 20 and 90 seconds
When you fire a bullet into the air, it typically takes between 20 and 90 seconds for it to come down, depending on the angle it was fired at, its muzzle velocity and its caliber.

What happens if you fire a bullet in the sky?

If you fire a gun into the air, the bullet will travel up to a mile high (depending on the angle of the shot and the power of the gun). Once it reaches its apogee, the bullet will fall. In crowded cities, however, the probability rises dramatically, and people get killed quite often by stray bullets.

How much time should it take for a Travelling bullet to hit the ground?

Here you can see that the bullet with air resistance hit the ground after 0.44 seconds. The bullet without air resistance hit the ground after 0.431 seconds.

How dangerous is it to shoot a bullet into the air?

Bullets fired into the air fall back against air resistance, thus reach terminal velocities which are much lower than their muzzle velocity at the time of leaving the barrel of a firearm. Thus they are nowhere near their initial dangerous velocity.

How fast does a bullet fall?

A message by US Gov. against air shots/ Credits:massliveAs an example, firearms expert Julian Hatcher calculated the speed of falling bullets in the 1920s and concluded that his .30 caliber rounds reached terminal velocities of up to 300 feet per second (90 m/s or 204 miles per hour), while they are shot almost four times the speed.

How much energy is in a bullet shot straight up?

Using a special rig, the testers shot the bullet straight into the air. It came down bottom (not point) first at what was later computed to be about 300 feet per second. “With the [.021 pound] bullet, this corresponds to an energy of 30 foot pounds,” Hatcher wrote.

Can a bullet travel 300 feet per second?

As a result of these obstacles, the experimental results are mixed. Hatcher calculated that his .30-caliber rifle bullets reached terminal velocity—the speed at which air resistance balances the accelerating force of gravity—at 300 feet per second. You might die from a bullet moving at that speed, but it’s unlikely.