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Most bullets other than balls will act like an arrow, and rotate to point first due to air friction.

Best answer. Thanks. 147 Ft/s. All the complexity variables (pressure, temperature, COF, BC) don't change the result significantly. I was mainly interested in how hard a hat to wear.. :)

Take a bullet, any bullet, point straight up with your rifle/pistol/firearm, fire. If your muzzle velocity is 3000 fps, what will be the bullet's terminal velocity on the return to earth? I don't expect this is a trivial exercise in math / physics, but let's start with standard atmosphere...