I sent this to one of the guys that run the Ballistic High Speed Channel and put part of it in the comments. I felt like I should modify some words for the monkey's that run YT. Sadly, I'm not kidding. I'm curious if anyone else went down this thought path.
Basically I don't think the photographer that claims that he or she (not sure), captured a round going past President Trump's head is legit. The line is like a rat turd, pointed at both ends. There's no reason for it to look like that. It's not decelerating then accelerating.
Here's how I wrote it:
I was just looking at the photo of former President Trump that allegedly shows the "pill" passing by his upper parts. Looking at the statistics of a cinco cinco gr dos dos tres pill, assuming factory pills, at 130 long paces it would be traveling around 2,769 feet per second. If the shutter speed of the camera was 1/500 of a second, the pill would have travelled 5.538 feet. 1/1000 of a second, the pill would have travelled 2.769 feet. 1/2000 of a second, 1.3845' or 1' 5". I don't think the "pill flight" photo is real. I think someone edited it so they could make a little bank. I immediatly thought of this channel for debunking. Man it's hard to write lower than kindergarten level for the yt-masters. SMH
Here's the calculator I used for velocity vs distance: https://calculator.academy/bullet-travel-time-calculator/
I used the pill type listed below for muzzle (dogs nose while running of course) velocity (3.240 fps seems a bit sporty but that's what they claim) and a ballistic solver to come up with the speed of the pill at 130 long steps, 2,769 fps.
Ammo Name Barrel Length Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. G1 G7
Federal Am. Eagle 55 Gr. FMJ 24 3240 2874 2536 2222 1931 1667 1282 1008 785
Basically I don't think the photographer that claims that he or she (not sure), captured a round going past President Trump's head is legit. The line is like a rat turd, pointed at both ends. There's no reason for it to look like that. It's not decelerating then accelerating.
Here's how I wrote it:
I was just looking at the photo of former President Trump that allegedly shows the "pill" passing by his upper parts. Looking at the statistics of a cinco cinco gr dos dos tres pill, assuming factory pills, at 130 long paces it would be traveling around 2,769 feet per second. If the shutter speed of the camera was 1/500 of a second, the pill would have travelled 5.538 feet. 1/1000 of a second, the pill would have travelled 2.769 feet. 1/2000 of a second, 1.3845' or 1' 5". I don't think the "pill flight" photo is real. I think someone edited it so they could make a little bank. I immediatly thought of this channel for debunking. Man it's hard to write lower than kindergarten level for the yt-masters. SMH
Here's the calculator I used for velocity vs distance: https://calculator.academy/bullet-travel-time-calculator/
I used the pill type listed below for muzzle (dogs nose while running of course) velocity (3.240 fps seems a bit sporty but that's what they claim) and a ballistic solver to come up with the speed of the pill at 130 long steps, 2,769 fps.
Ammo Name Barrel Length Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. Muzzle 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. G1 G7
Federal Am. Eagle 55 Gr. FMJ 24 3240 2874 2536 2222 1931 1667 1282 1008 785
