When creeping around looking for a baddie in a house/apartment/disused factory our hero can duck a bullet. Especially good at ducking bullets are spy heroes James Bond and Jason Bourne.
Speed of a bullet stats: The Physics Fact Book 
Rifle Shown: .22 Rimfire T-Bolt Target/Varmint
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human need 0.09 sec
bullet need 0.03 sec and 0.01 sec
therefore bullet wins.
Great Jay, thanks for that. I try and make the scenarios real… and wait and see what happens. Cheers Mathspig
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