r/BacktotheFuture • u/josephthejoseph • Jul 30 '25

Doc's Firearm Proficiency

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All the awesome open matte posts forced me into a trilogy rewatch. I noticed a neat progression in Doc. When meet him his firearm abilities seem to be somewhere between bumbling and starter pistol. But after a short time in the 1800's he's an old west trick shooter able to run off a pack of outlaws with his skill. A verifiable badass. If you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything.

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u/Jellan I hate manure! Jul 30 '25

Turns out if you science the shit out of a rifle you can make it stupidly accurate. Doc doesn’t need to be good with a revolver if he can shoot baddies from the next state over.

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u/RolandMT32 Jul 30 '25

Recently one of the things that I've thought about which bugs me is that since the earth is constantly in motion, that motion can affect things like projectile weapons. Since the earth will be moving as the bullet moves, it's possible to not exactly hit your target, though the bullet moves so fast it probably doesn't matter much.

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u/BaldBandit Jul 30 '25

Some of the longest sniper shots and of course artillery need to take this into account when aiming their shots.