There is a very very big difference between that and a bullet namely the mass of the air in front for the size of the object creating the shockwave.No. If you watch the video closely, it looks like he shot it through the eyes. But, I bet this wouldn't have to contact your body to kill you:
Supersonic object - pressure wave
There is a big difference between a pea going supersonic vs a building going supersonic. Bullets are tiny.
For example a 0.5" diameter circle has an area of 0.196 square inches. A 10' dia circle has an area of 11,309 square inches. An object going supersonic has to force all of that air out of the way around the sides.
Doing a little quick research. Check this out.
According to that most people are killed at a 10 psi overpressure (294mph wind) and fatalities approach 100% at 20 psi (502 mph wind) . Putting that in terms of a nuke according to a book that I have (that was checkout able in my high school). A 200kt nuke will put out a 20psi overpressure out to a mile, 10 psi out to 1.4 miles.
The book.

Most damage that I think I've ever heard from supersonic aircraft is glass is cracked or shattered. That is a 1psi overpressure (38 mph wind). Same nuke as above will do that at 5.9 miles away.

Taking all of this info and doing a gut scaling common sense check along with the experimental testing with the 50 bmg like in the video posted in post 1530 shows why this is so stupid.
Edit: and no I'm not an engineer. I have common sense.
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