Can dropping a bullet make it fire?

A bullet isn’t likely to go off when you drop the cartridge for various reasons, including how it lands. Most dropped bullets land tip first on a floor or the ground. When this happens, the bullet will land in a way that prevents the impact from being sufficiently forceful to cause the bullet to fire.

Will a bullet fired from a gun hit the ground at the same time as a dropped bullet?

The y-component of air resistance for the fired bullet still depends on the fired speed of the bullet (since it is proportional to v2). A fired bullet (with air resistance) does not hit the ground at the same time as a dropped bullet.

Will a gun go off if you drop it?

Can A Dropped Gun Go Off? Generally speaking, if your gun is kept in good condition, was made in the past decade of so, and isn’t used frequently enough for wear and tear to compromise the safety mechanisms in place, there is almost no chance of the gun going off if you drop it.

Do bullets fall at same speed?

Because gravity is constant (i.e. it doesn’t change), the bullet will speed up while coming down at the SAME RATE as it slowed down when it was going up. So when it reaches the bottom, it will be going at the same speed as it was when it was first shot from the gun.

Do bullets actually drop?

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.

How likely is a gun to go off if you drop it?

Is having a bullet illegal?

California law generally prohibits people from owning, possessing, or having custody or control of ammunition or reloaded ammunition if they fall into any of the categories of people who are ineligible to purchase or possess firearms under state law.

Can a coin stop a bullet?

Yes it can and has been done. There are many variables that has to fall into place like the spinning coin must be face on to the bullet at the time of impact, the coin must be thin enough for the particular bullet (speed, calibre etc) to penetrate it.

What happens if you fire a bullet horizontally and drop it?

If you fire a bullet horizontally and drop one from your hand at the same height and time, which will hit the ground first? Answer. The physics textbook problem wants the answer “the bullet fired and hit the ground at the same time as the dropped bullet”, since we can neglect air resistance and consider the Earth as flat.

What happens if you drop a gun on the floor?

This may occur if the gun is dropped on its muzzle, in which case the bullet generally strikes what the muzzle hit and causes little damage unless it has hit a second-story floor in a multi-floor building, in which case the bullet can pass downward through the floor and into the room below.

Does a fired bullet hit the ground at the same time?

Therefore, the fired bullet does not hit the ground at the same time as the dropped bullet, the bullet fired horizontally will take a longer time to fall to the Earth. MythBusters Bullet Fired Dropped Image credit: MythBusters | Discovery

Can a dropped shell discharge from a bullet?

it’s unlikely that a dropped shell would discharge, but it’s possible if it struck the ground just so. The likelihood increases with the age of the bullet. and it wouldnt pop like a firecracker, the slug would still travel away from the casing with the same velocity as if it were fired normally, just with very little ballistic accuracy