One could even argue the bullet hits with less power than the recoil the shooter experiences due to the velocity lost to friction as it travels through the air.
Well thought out response. I didn’t consider the fact that really what makes bullets so dangerous isn’t a massive amount of energy, but that it dumps it into a small surface area. Something I probably knew and just forgot to consider with the excitement of someone shooting at it with a 50cal, the vise is already dealing with massive amounts of force, just directed at a larger surface area.