Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
08-24-2008, 07:56 PM
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
There is no way you heard the target impact from a centerfire at 100 yards let alone 40 yards. I don't know what you thought you heard, but it was not the bullet hitting the target. At those distances the bullet is still traveling 3 times to twice the speed of sound. The bullet is in the target before you are done hearing the muzzle blast of the gun.
I highly doubt you can hear the bullet moving down the barrel of a slug gun either.
Paul
There is no way you heard the target impact from a centerfire at 100 yards let alone 40 yards. I don't know what you thought you heard, but it was not the bullet hitting the target. At those distances the bullet is still traveling 3 times to twice the speed of sound. The bullet is in the target before you are done hearing the muzzle blast of the gun.
I highly doubt you can hear the bullet moving down the barrel of a slug gun either.
Paul
08-24-2008, 08:12 PM
#12
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
Well, I guess its possible. Can't say I have ever heard it. Time of flight of a moderateslug is between .2 and .3 seconds to 150 yards. Speed of sound is around 1150fps depending on humidity and temp and pressure. So a 150yard is 450ft, so it would take .39seconds for the sound to reach you, so it would take ~0.7sec after pulling the trigger for you to hear anything. I just can't imagine hitting a deer or whatever would make enough noise to actually hear it 150 yards away.
08-25-2008, 02:30 PM
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
Look at the post above yours Wiggy. .243 at a yote 40 yards away and heard the bullet hit. I just can't buy that one. Maybe with something big and slow, but not a .243.
Paul
Paul
08-25-2008, 02:55 PM
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
i can usually call my 200+yd groundhog hits with the 22-250...usually call most of the hits past 250 or so...unmistakible thud opposed to what a miss sounds like
i THINK i can hear many bullets rip through targets...usually just carboard and paper...
never seen a vapor trail...that would be awesome though!
i THINK i can hear many bullets rip through targets...usually just carboard and paper...
never seen a vapor trail...that would be awesome though!
08-25-2008, 03:00 PM
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
Look at the post above yours Wiggy. .243 at a yote 40 yards away and heard the bullet hit. I just can't buy that one. Maybe with something big and slow, but not a .243.
Paul
Look at the post above yours Wiggy. .243 at a yote 40 yards away and heard the bullet hit. I just can't buy that one. Maybe with something big and slow, but not a .243.
Paul
I've never heard the bullet impact from a .243, but I've never hunted with one either. But hey, one less coyote is a good thing though!
08-25-2008, 05:04 PM
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RE: Slug guns...Hear the bullet hit?
ORIGINAL: Retaks
Ive never seen a vapor trail but would love to. I know my dad and my boss have. They were both out shooting one day when i was alot younger and had it happen a few times for them.
Ive never seen a vapor trail but would love to. I know my dad and my boss have. They were both out shooting one day when i was alot younger and had it happen a few times for them.