Hi all,
according to Jim Carmichael, the firearms expert for the "Outdoor Life"
magazine ( a much respected gun authority) a bullet fired vertically
upward from either a large caliber handgun (not a .22) or a typical deer
rifle (i.e. about 30 cal) will be traveling at about 200 mph when it
returns to earth. Considering that we are talking about a chunk of lead
that weighs about a quarter of an ounce or so, that's not something I'd
care to be hit by anywhere; directly on the top of the skull sounds
about as much fun as in the temple,
cheers,
David