Consider the following statement: When a rifle is fired horizontally, the bullet leaves the barrel and doesn't drop at all for the first 75 meters of flight. Is this statement true?

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Consider the following statement: When a rifle is fired horizontally, the bullet leaves the barrel and doesn't drop at all for the first 75 meters of flight. Is this statement true?

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