.45 distance?

[getsome]

There was a Myth Busters episode where they did the test using a .45 ACP in a stationary rest 4 feet off the ground and an electronic device to drop the same 230 gn bullet from the same height of the muzzle at the exact moment the gun was fired....They did the test in a huge mile long old aitrcraft hanger and rolled out white paper so they could see where the fired shot hit the ground and placed a high speed camera at that point conected back to a camera of the dropped bullet and sure enough the dropped and fired bullet hit the ground within milli seconds of each other...Before the test I said there is no way that will happen but it sure did...Gravity is gravity...Boy was I wrong...

[ltxi]

There's a lot of ballistic drop information on Federal/Speer/etc's websites for any of their loads at any sane, or even less than sane, range. But....as it was explained first to me as a child....make sure of your back stop. A .22lr round can travel a mile.

[MERCTECH]

Well it all started because of a bad dog, we were talking about how to defend against a dog attack when I said I would just shoot the dog. Some people get affended when talking about killing an animal. Like the guy I was talking to, he's a dog person and would never kill a dog. He thinks he would be able to thwart off the dog with his fists and everything will be ok. Well I had seen the aftermath of a dog attack and it wasnt pretty, and I would not take that chance sorry its just a dog. Not like Im the greatest shot or anything but my thought is if a dog came to attack me I would shoot at him and probably miss but the loud bang would scare him off. So that started another talk about the missed shot and how far would it travel. Granted it probably wouldnt be a level shot being a dog but it would be a hard shot to make when a dog is as fast and mobile as they are. See what happens when a couple of guys drink a few beers together and bs. Its also funny to see how many think there superman with a beer buzz. And by the way jocko you were right I didnt mean to start this bullet distance debate. You have to admit it got interesting with all the info that popped up. lol

[yqtszhj]

If they feel so bad about shooting a dog ask them what if it was their kid? Here's an idea, after taking care of the dog find some folks from the part of the world where they eat dogs and the meat wont go to waste. That should make them feel better.

What makes me think of that is a funny story. We had this strange couple for neighbors years ago. She was a cajun dog lover from Baton Rouge and he was from Michigan. We were talking about different cultures and the husband mentioned that some cultures eat dog. She got highly upset about that started telling him that dogs were pets, people that would eat dog are terrable, and she would never have anything to do with a person like that.

Well, he unwisely said "Well where I'm from we keep crawfish as pets when we're kids and WE WOULD NEVER EAT A CRAWFISH!" BOOM! That set her cajun temper off and they had an arguement right there in the living room and she didn't talk to anyone for the next 3 days. Now that was FUNNY!!!!!!