Is a bullet fired at point blank range more deadly?
Um hate to tell you this but bullets don’t gain momentum once they leave the muzzle. It’s the expanding of gas from the gun powder that propels the bullet, as soon as that bullet clears the barrel it starts to loose speed and energy and yes even momentum. For some reason I have heard this from other people many times about it gaining momentum some how magically in the air. This is false. What mysterious energy can make it go faster and hit harder at a distance after its left the barrel? I think people get confused because a rock thrown off a cliff will go faster from gravity. Bullets have to fight the resistance of the air and moisture in the air. So a bullet fired point blank has more power than at a further distance. You can look at ANY ballistic chart and see the speed lower and the foot pounds of energy lower the farther the bullet goes. And point blank means at the muzzle or just in front of it. Here is a muzzle energy computer;
