07-14-2024, 10:25 AM
This post was last modified 07-14-2024, 10:27 AM by FlyingClayDisk. 
(07-14-2024, 09:03 AM)ArMaP Wrote: The funny thing about that photo is that they say that a bullet fired by an AR-15-style rifle would "travel approximately four-tenths of a foot while the shutter is open", as the photo shows a much longer distance, approximately one foot, so it would have to be travelling much faster than the 3,200 feet per second they mention.
It's probably more than one frame of a video screen capture. The muzzle velocity of the 5.56 NATO round is 2,700 to 3,300 FPS. The .223 which can be fired out of a 5.56 NATO chambering is on the lower end (probably down around 2,700-2,800fps). The main difference between the NATO round and the .223 is a harder primer and a hotter load. There are some faster, but not by much. A .270 Weatherby Mag has a muzzle velocity of around 3,600 FPS, and the .22-250 and 220 Swift both have velocities of 4,000 FPS. I reload all of these rounds so I'm pretty familiar with the ballistics.
(07-14-2024, 09:30 AM)Nerb Wrote: The trajectory of the blurred bullet in the shot would take it much lower than through the top of his ear. imho.
Likely because it wasn't the shot which struck him. It may have been the shot before, or the shot after. I believe he fired three times. The other shots heard were from the SS snipers.