When bullets fly through the air, they do so at amazing speeds. The fastest bullets travel more than 2,600 feet per second. That’s equivalent to over 1,800 miles per hour. To put that in perspective, it’s amazing to realize that bullets travel over twice the speed of sound!.

How fast are average bullets?

“The velocity (speed) of rifle bullets varies between 600 and 5000 feet (180 and 1500 meters) per second. Some bullets can hit targets as far away as 6000 yards (5000 meters).”.

Is a bullet faster than light?

The speed of light. Slower than a speeding bullet. IN NORMALcircumstances, nothing can travel faster than light. Dr Welch, a physicist at Texas A&M University, realised that the same fundamental physics that worked to slow light down in cold sodium atoms would also work in hot rubidium.