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That said, being hit by a molten slug of lead travelling about six times faster than an SR71 Blackbird at full chat doesn't sound much fun - the hydrostatic shock alone woul probably cause a human body to disintigrate rather messily...


Hydrostatic shock? :roll:

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Melting is one thing, but would it disintegrate? And how far would it travel before it does? And even if it did melt, it'd still be traveling fucking fast. If it spread out a little bit on the way to the target it'd be like being hit by a mac truck coming out of orbit. In a three inch space.

But i take into account that it'd be a magic propelled bullet, and since the time monks don't have any difficulty breathing when they're all super-timed, I assume normal physics don't apply. Time magic is ninfty.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_shock

I only read a bit, but it sounds like that ripple that happens when you have a Sonic Boom.

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Logic wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_shock

I only read a bit, but it sounds like that ripple that happens when you have a Sonic Boom.


Maybe you should have read the rest you may have ascertained the reason for my :roll:

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Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed Zherical's last few posts have taken a... sharp turn?


What you on about?

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I live +12 GMT. :)

This post was made at 1:20pm, wednesday, local time :P


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Zherical wrote:
normalphil wrote:
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed Zherical's last few posts have taken a... sharp turn?


What you on about?

@bird picture man:

I live +12 GMT. :)

This post was made at 1:20pm, wednesday, local time :P


So are you in Siberia or New Zealand?

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The average .45 slug travels at 950 FPS (Feet per second, and I assume that's around what Jon uses because it packs a punch and is ideal mid-range kills). If I used my calculator right that's 647.272727272727etc miles an hour. That times 20 is 12954 miles an hour.

That's a fast fucking bullet.


No shit dude - that's about 20 times the speed of sound...

Sadly, much as it's fun to indulge in fantasies of bullets punching through yards thick steel, there's no getting around the fact that it's just a lead bullet, so it would splatter rather than the armour...

Additionally, the air resistance would probably melt the bullet...

That said, being hit by a molten slug of lead travelling about six times faster than an SR71 Blackbird at full chat doesn't sound much fun - the hydrostatic shock alone woul probably cause a human body to disintigrate rather messily...

Right, that's my quota of catgirls dead... Back to lurking.


At that velocity and kinetic energy, what the projectile is made out of really doesn't matter, as long as it's intact when it gets to the target. While "yards thick" might be a bit much to penetrate, steel and most other solids act like liquid when there's that much energy involved in the impact. The test targets for the experimental railguns are several inches thick, and the area around the impact looks like someone dropped a rock into a pond and froze the splash in mid-instant. And the test rounds they're firing are often largely plastic. So, no, the lead bullet doesn't splatter.

As for hydrostatic shock, while the theory probably does not actually apply to any bullet ever fired in real life, consider that for the hypothetical Mach 20 bullet in question, it might come into play.


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Getz wrote:
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The average .45 slug travels at 950 FPS (Feet per second, and I assume that's around what Jon uses because it packs a punch and is ideal mid-range kills). If I used my calculator right that's 647.272727272727etc miles an hour. That times 20 is 12954 miles an hour.

That's a fast fucking bullet.


No shit dude - that's about 20 times the speed of sound...

Sadly, much as it's fun to indulge in fantasies of bullets punching through yards thick steel, there's no getting around the fact that it's just a lead bullet, so it would splatter rather than the armour...

Additionally, the air resistance would probably melt the bullet...

That said, being hit by a molten slug of lead travelling about six times faster than an SR71 Blackbird at full chat doesn't sound much fun - the hydrostatic shock alone woul probably cause a human body to disintigrate rather messily...

Right, that's my quota of catgirls dead... Back to lurking.


Umm, No. There is a round, 17 caliber (.17 cal) center-fire, that can easily load to the point of disintegrating inflight. When it does that, nothing hits the target.

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It could be that the time monks' magic, like an aura, only extends to things they touch. Bullets would slow down to normal speed after leaving the barrel. Thus they only use melee weapons.


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Time magic don't make you hit harder or the time-monks would need no better weapons than the slightest of twine.


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