
Originally Posted by
Fish
Sigh. Um. I'll restate it some more.
Projectiles affected by gravity travel in parabolic arcs.
If a projectile is shot parallel to the ground, the arc will immediately begin to trace downwards.
Think about it intuitively for a second. Imagine throwing a cricket ball parallel to the ground. It's not going to rise before it falls. There's nothing fundamentally different about a bullet. It has a certain velocity upon exiting the barrel, which gets modified by forces acting on it, namely gravity and air resistance. Neither of those forces are going to push it up, unless there's a particularly strong wind blowing in a very unusual direction.
Listen, you mouth-breathing troglodyte, it hits high at 50m because you had to point the barrel slightly upwards to zero the sights at 120. Gun - Pointing - Fucking - UPWARDS. Think - About - It.
Maybe this inability to engage brain has something to do with our overly feminist society and the lack of male teachers in primary school, or something. Jeez.
[Edit: That was kind of a long post. Maybe your short-term memory has already lost my original point. I'll restate it here: bullets do not rise after leaving the barrel unless the gun is pointing up. Mmm kay?]
What I said but in deeper detail. Well said.
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
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