Scientific question for those up for inquiry :
WHY when Someone shoots a rifle at a 1 mile distance and I hear a cu-lick then a boom. Both sounds come from the same gun, from the same location but they get to my ear seconds apart.
I have been at the range listening to black powder ignition followed by bullet impact – but that is two different locations as well as two different sounds.
Why are the sounds arriving at my location at two different times?
WHY when Someone shoots a rifle at a 1 mile distance and I hear a cu-lick then a boom. Both sounds come from the same gun, from the same location but they get to my ear seconds apart.
I have been at the range listening to black powder ignition followed by bullet impact – but that is two different locations as well as two different sounds.
Why are the sounds arriving at my location at two different times?