"Simon" <shepshep1@excite.com> wrote in message 
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> "Jean-Marc Desperrier" <jmdesp@alussinan.org> wrote in message 
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>> another fool wrote:
>>> declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> John W. wrote:
>>>> Wonder where the shotgun pellets eventually fell, and at what velocity?
>>>
>>> Having been peppered with shotgun pellets more then a few times while
>>> dove/duck hunting once they start back down they don't have the weight
>>> to gain enough velocity to hurt anything.  It feels like being hit by
>>> blowing sand.
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>> Shotgun pellets, yes. Falling bullets can and will kill or disable.
>>
>> I really wondered when seeing the image of Arraft's burial how many 
>> people would be wounded by that. The place was so crowded every falling 
>> bullet would become a hazard, and they were firing everywhere.
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> How much does a bullet weigh? a bullet shot strait up vertically will 
> loose all of its speed before it starts to fall back to earth. The bullet 
> only has gravity to accelerate it, I've read that the terminal velocity of 
> a falling bullet would be around 200 mph. Would a 200 mph bullet kill you?
>
This page seems to have the answer.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/homework/s95523.htm