380 at 93 million miles?

[SaxonPig]

One evening I was out for a stroll and I was struck by how big and bright the full moon looked. On a whim I drew my 380 and fired a single round at it.

Had a good sight picture, and it was a fairly big target, pretty sure I hit it.

 

[Model12Win]

Okay?

For one thing the distance from the Earth to the moon is 238,900 miles. For another thing,

I sincerely hope you are joking.

 

[fiream29]

A friend of mine found a .380 slug buried in the hood of his new vette. Where bouts you located?

 

[Sparks1957]

wow...

Since when does a 380 have a muzzle velocity of 24,000 mph? That's what it would need to escape the Earth's gravity.

I sincerely hope the OP is joking, for the sake of the rest of us.

 

[1-DAB]

orbital velocity is 5 miles per second. escape velocity is 7 miles per second.

shooting a hot load?

 

[s3779m]

Hope you didn't hit the flag.

 

[marine6680]

The recoil energy required would cause you to disintegrate... Might be an entertaining sight.

 

[DaleA]

GUNS IN SPACE!!!

Been a while since the topic came up. (I was getting worried. I also worry if we go too long without 'guns for bears' or 'guns for snakes'...I think the pressure builds up if we go too long and the resulting discussions get a mite testy.)

 

[Ruger480]

I'm only replying to this so I can find it later and read it again!! Whew, its almost too much!

 

[Jo6pak]

Well, it is his 666th post

Anyway, you probably hit it, but a .380 doesn't have the knock down power to drop a small planet instantly with one shot. Keep an eye on the sky, I'm sure it will start to fade and in a few weeks it will die away............only to slowly heal itself.

 

[Cheapshooter]

Wonder if the OP howled at it first?

 

[aarondhgraham]

That's a funny coincidence,,,

Well, it is his 666th post,,,

So the Devil made him do it.

Aarond

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[Mike Irwin]

Sigh...