What would happen if 2 bullets collided?

If the momentum of both bullets after being fired is equal, then after their ideal head-on collision, both would have zero final momentum. So the bullets would not move horizontally in either direction just after the moment of impact, and simply fall down adjacent to each other.

Can a coin really stop a bullet?

There are legends of $20 gold coins and silver dollars (the latter especially during the days of the old West) that would deflect or flat out stop a bullet before the lead could travel into the person’s body. But modern bullets striking coins dead center, particularly powerful rounds like the .

Can you shoot a shark underwater?

Yes they could kill sharks if you could hit them in a vital spot, but that wouldn’t be too easy because they are moving, your weapon is not the most accurate, the projectile is relatively small and so are the vital kill areas (like the brain) of a shark PLUS if a shark is in a feeding frenzy they can take a lot of …

What if you fire a gun 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.

Can bullets hit each other?

The ricochet direction being random, but in the same general direction that bullet was originally flying in. If (material other than bullets is fired at each other) It either explodes, fuses, ricochets, pierces, or explodes the target. Since this is a movie-the bullets hitting each other and dropping is plausible.

What happens to a bullet shot up in the air?

But, most bullets shot up in the air are not shot exactly 90 degrees vertical and adding horizontal component to the firing of the bullet will increase the terminal velocity speed as a bullet shot at an acute angle maintains a ballistic trajectory and is not likely to engage in a tumbling motion.

How long does it take for a bullet to fall?

Note that falling bullets (shot vertically) usually do not come down nose first – which would be the most aerodynamic – but instead tumble, which really slows the bullet. 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 when a bullet is fired 90 degrees to the horizontal?

When a bullet is fired 90 degrees to the horizontal the bullet is fighting the force of gravity and will gradually slow until it stops going up (at about 10,000 feet – or 2 miles) and then will fall back to the earth.

Can You shrink objects to make them smaller?

No, can’t work. Even if you could shrink them, they would die within a minute. You see their height would be let’s use round numbers one thousandth of original, but their mass would be that cubed, or a billionth of normal. Their surface area, through which you lose heat, is the square, or a millionth as much.