"Ignoramus6213" wrote in message
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I was at a gun range today with a friend, shooting a 9mm hand gun.

When he was shooting, I was standing behind him, watching. After a few
shots, I realized that I may have seen a glimpse of the bullets as
they flew downrange.

I watched some more, and it did seem this way, although it was hard to
see them and the barrel flash did not clarify things.

I am wondering, if, perhaps, it is known that flying bullets of that
sort of size and speed can be actually seen.

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I don't know & have never even fired a gun, however:

If you are standing close to directly behind the shooter your odds are
increased.
You can probably see a bullet out to 10 meters or so from behind. What is
the bullet's speed? How long would it take to travel the "visible" 10m?

1000 fps ~= 300m/s
T = 10/300 ~= 33mS

Not very long.