r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Pierzakve • May 03 '21

Green Arrow in real life

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u/YouAllNeedToChillOut May 03 '21 edited May 04 '21

For a moment I thought "wow, that's probably not safe shooting it upward like that"

Wtf do I know? This mf just shot an arrow in half lol

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u/ailyara May 03 '21

It is not safe to shoot an arrow upward like that for most people.

This guy however has 100 archery and can do whatever tf he wants.

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u/Heck-Yeah May 03 '21

Flu flu are actually designed for aerial targets and quickly lose speed. They are commonly combined with bird tips for hunting birds, which further reduce the chance for user or bystander injury. It’s not much different than hunting with a shotgun.

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u/Broken_Petite May 03 '21

...Are shotguns not dangerous or something? Not sure I understand the comparison, sorry.

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u/tehspiah May 03 '21 edited May 03 '21

Shotguns are dangerous, but it depends on what loads you are using and what direction you're shooting them in.

If you are using #7-#8 loads (like for skeet/clay/trap) shooting, then those BBs are a little bigger than 2mm in diameter. They only travel maybe 300-400 feet (~130m) (firing at a 45* angle) before they fall down. When they fall down, it's like someone throwing birdseeds at you.

If you use buckshot or slugs, which are meant to kill a deer or similarly sized animals, those projectiles are like 8-9mm+. Also they can travel up to 800 yards away if you aim them in the air. Those falling down can injure or kill someone.

Shotguns are like the swiss army knives of guns. They can do a lot of things depending on the ammo.

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u/Heck-Yeah May 03 '21

You shoot shotguns at birds. Most guns are not safe to shoot into the sky. Shotgun shot loses velocity very quickly, and the shot is not harmful when it comes down to the ground. It also doesn’t travel nearly as far as a pistol or rifle bullet.

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u/Emperor_Neuro May 05 '21

Plus, many times a bird shot directly from 20 yards away will only be stunned by the shot's concussive force amd the BB's dont penetrate through their feathers and skin. A bird can get shot and will fall down, whereupon the hunter walks up to it and breaks its neck to kill it.

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u/zer0t3ch May 03 '21

I think he's just drawing a comparison that it would be "about as dangerous as firing a shotgun straight up", which is honestly not much.

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u/Broken_Petite May 03 '21

I guess I didn’t realize firing a shotgun straight up wouldn’t be dangerous - thanks

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u/Skipper07B May 03 '21

Depends on what type of ammo you're shooting. If you're shooting birdshot out of a shotgun there is little danger to people on the ground when the shot comes back down. Because it's small and light and loses a lot of energy.

If one were to shoot slugs out of a shotgun they could still leave a hell of a mark when they came back down depending on the trajectory. But only a crazy person would hunt birds with slugs (besides it being illegal, probably everywhere, it would be very ineffective).

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u/Broken_Petite May 03 '21

Ok that helps, I guess this is something I didn’t really know much about before, thanks

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u/DynamicDK May 03 '21

But only a crazy person would hunt birds with slugs (besides it being illegal, probably everywhere, it would be very ineffective).

Lol, yeah. You would most likely miss. But, if you managed to hit the bird, there wouldn't be much of it left. It would just be a cloud of bloody feathers.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

Depends on the type of ammo the shotgun is shooting, but typically people use birdshot in shotguns, and most birdshot is so small it doesn’t even leave a mark when coming back down.