That depends on the distance from the shooter to the target. "He was down before we heard the shot" indicates the shooter is close but I don't know the yards. Also depends on the rifle and maby weather conditions. I could be wrong but this is my understanding.dead_I_5_0 said:...then you wouldn't have to worry about sound because your bullet hit your target before he heard anything.
-Brian Shields
Not to get sidetracked, but... It is totally dependent on the bullet velocity and the rate at which the bullet loses velocity. The amount of time between the shot hits the target, and the time the report is heard, is continually increasing up until the bullet drops down to the speed of sound (+/-340 m/s depending on altitude/temperature). If the bullet hits the target at the exact time that it's velocity drops down to the speed of sound, then you will have the absolutely longest possible delay between hearing the report and the target being hit. After this point the sound is "catching up" to the bullet, so the time between report and target hit is decreasing. It is possible to hear the report before the target is hit, but you would basicallyy be shooting at some crazy high arc that would make for an impossible shot. Think of shooting staright up in the air and waiting for the bullet to come back down on your head. This is an extreme, but it is an example of the general idea.jc71corvette said:That depends on the distance from the shooter to the target. "He was down before we heard the shot" indicates the shooter is close but I don't know the yards. Also depends on the rifle and maby weather conditions. I could be wrong but this is my understanding.
Try not to base realism off of movies.....why they felt the need to get under 100 yards to the target was just to add drama.gamer1 said:Thx for the answers!
And in the case of (for example) the movie "sniper"(the first one), there was a pretty big open field(=less cover and easy to spot/guess where the sniper is), with a bunch of guy's defending the targets. In real life, wouldn't they use a silencer in that case? Or perhaps another method to take out the 2 targets?(because this didn't seem quite efficient to me)
SR9(TC) actually....just figured less people would ask if I posted PSG1 :wink:JRP3 said:
DOH! lol.FLEA said:SR9(TC) actually....just figured less people would ask if I posted PSG1 :wink:JRP3 said:
I'm assuming you are quoting the ever famous Saving Private Ryan when you say that. Our beloved movie sniper, Jackson, is referring to how good the sniper is and how far he is...400 yards to be close to what the movie said. The only way for the bullet to hit after the sound gets there is for the bullet to go slower than sound...which would be hard to do with out going subsonic...oh wait ...that's what sub sonic is!!!! 8) That's my take on it.jc71corvette said:That depends on the distance from the shooter to the target. "He was down before we heard the shot" indicates the shooter is close but I don't know the yards. Also depends on the rifle and maby weather conditions. I could be wrong but this is my understanding.dead_I_5_0 said:...then you wouldn't have to worry about sound because your bullet hit your target before he heard anything.
-Brian Shields