said by kennett mo :

When I use the Daisy 880 multi pump airgun with the .177 Cal. lead pellets, the rifle won't shoot the ammo if I aim into the air, but will if the gun is level. I pump the lever 10 times, and the ammo is properly loaded. What's the problem?

said by Hayward :

Possible a stupidityu sensor???? What goes up must come down if not into orbit.

Even a pellet could have significant gravity eturn velocity to do potential damage let alone a 35 or 45 cal slug (no what goes up will NEVER COME BACK DOWN AT 32 FT PER MIN SQUARED aka know as GRAVITY) reclessly shot into the air. (Historically many peaple have be injured and KILLED by such silly macho BS.

And for those that can't do the math went up actually SLOWER... but coming back at near doubling its speed and impact every few sec.

Again even a BB could even hurt or injure real badly

said by Thislilfishy :

Actually mythbusters disproved this theory, only minor injury would result from this as the mass of most bullets is not high enough, however if fired at a high angle the bullet could injure someone many miles away.

Ian

said by Hayward :

No simple PHYSICS when something starts falling at 32 ft per sec squared until terminal velocity is reached.

For a BULKY human body about 120 mph for something like a bullet very small and dense more like 200mph or higher.

said by Thislilfishy :

Just telling you what I saw, as was posted, in a wind tunnel (acrylic tube) with a wind speed monitor that's what they came up with. When fired directly up, they measured the depth of impact in the soil, and then measure the amount of force require to make the same size hole. They determined that the injury would be superficial....that's what I saw.. I'm no scientist. Also they showed that the bullet as it was falling cartwheeled, decreasing it's terminal velocity by a lot. Much like the penny dropped from a high tower theory. It'll hurt, but you'll walk away.

Ian