Re: Bullet fired into air...

"John P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Karl Hungus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in a message
>
> > The only place from which it was likely fired was a small village next
to
> > our depot.  That was a few hundred yards away, and was the direction
from
> > which we had heard gunshots.  The fact that the bullet was found only a
> few
> > feet from where it impacted indicates that while its path up may not
have
> > been perfectly straight, its return path was--or at least very nearly
so.
>
> Then its impact would have to have been about the same as it would have
been
> if on had merely dropped the bullet onto the street from sufficient
height.


Precisely.  And given the height from which it must have fallen, that impact
was impressive.

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