Could you catch a bullet in space after a gun has discharged? Do guns operate the same with little to no gravity?

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Could you catch a bullet in space after a gun has discharged? Do guns operate the same with little to no gravity?

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Gravity has nothing to do with how guns work. It does have influence on the bullet path (it curves it). In space, far from any other source of gravity, the bullet would just go straight. You should not try to catch it…without air, it’s going faster and stays going fast “forever”.

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