Will a fired bullet hit the ground at the same time as a dropped bullet?

[Paul S.]

Being dragged along the DZ unable to release is pretty scary......

So is looking up and seeing what looks like a line full of laundry instead of a canopy (or having a bag lock on a free fall jump) and having to go to the reserve with the thought, 'TOO LOW! TOO LOW!' screaming inside your head the whole time.

[browningautorifle]

Being dragged along the DZ

Hopefully someone collapses your chute for you.

'TOO LOW!

And you hit like a ton of sh*t...when it opens at minimum. Nice.

[WarPig1976]

Ok, The answer to the first question is roughly 360ft.
The answer to #2 is,,,Yes, both bullets hit the ground at the same.

The MythBusters ran the experiment. Here's the short version.

[Ridolpho]

I don't get it- the bullets appeared to hit the floor at different times. Not very scientific to shrug off the 30 millisec or whatever difference. Not as impressive as the time they launched a water heater through the roof of a simulated apartment- now that was good!

[CINDERS]

I like the 100mph tape one picking up the car....

[browningautorifle]

The answer to #2 is,,,Yes, both bullets hit the ground at the same.

I could have saved you guys the conjecture here...I told you they did. But these guys aren't very scientific, their equipment comes from the salvation army...

[Sentryduty]

My distance was only 30ft/10m past the supplied answer, given the number of assumed variables I had to use, I will call that a winner.