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PISTOL AMMO VELOCITY

Walt NunleyWalt Nunley Member Posts: 228 ✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in Ask the Experts
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE VELOCITIES WERE ON SOME DIFFERENT AMMOS.FIRST IS REMINGTON U.M.C. 180 GR FMJ .40S&W.THE SECOND IS WINCHESTER OR U.M.C. IM NOT SURE BUT YOU CAN BUY THEM AT WAL-MART.IT IS A 180 GR JHP BY WINCHESTER OR U.M.C. IN .40S&W.THANKS GUYS
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  • rayl380rayl380 Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out the ammo manufacturers' websites. They have ballistics info on the ammo they manufacture.
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most put it right on the box, The UMC is 985 fps @ the muzzle, 936 fps @ 50yds, and 893 fps @ 100 yds, The Winchester USA is 990 fps @ the muzzle and 936 fps @ 50 yds, they did not publish 100 yrd data, It all depends on what your using it for, velocity means nothing if your misusing the load.
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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  • Guns & GlassGuns & Glass Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Published ballistics from manufacturers often are misleading since they use special equiptment, ie., test barrels which are internally smoother, test tunnels, longer lengths, and incorrect conclussions,etc.Example: Remington published stats on the 300 Ultra Mag vs Weatherby 300 Mag.* Used a special 28" test barrel vs 26" production. you can't buy that barrel.About 100-125 fps difference.* Case comparison 13% more powder. 4% more energy @300 yds. than @ 200yds. with Weatherby. Not with standard 26" barrels! Waste of powder!* 300 Ultra Mag should be compared with Wby. 30-378 Mag. Closer case capacities in which the 30-378 blows away the 300 Ultra Mag in performance, and accuracy beyond 500 yds. Concerning handguns velocities, and accuracy both can be greatly different from a 4" vs 6" barrels.Points being you must compare apples to apples, and truth from bull s+#t if you want correct comparisons.Sound like I'm on a soap box...? I do very easily when it comes to accurate info from advertising. Which is one of my job functions. I resent the unsportsman like attitudes of some companies just to sell.
    Happy Bullet Holes![This message has been edited by Guns & Glass (edited 10-29-2001).]
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guns & Glass is totally correct, I myself didn't realize the differences in published data and actual field data until I bought a Chronograph, best money I have ever spent, I recently bought a Winchester in .308 and two boxes of Hornady TAP ammo went to my range to zero the scope and to get an Idea about the ballistics of this round, I was amazed that the data was off about 200 - 250 fps at the muzzle,but 20 feet from the muzzle it was closer to published data, so who knows where they measure, or how, but as I said earlier velocity will not matter if your misusing the round, pick the ammo based on what your using it for, I use Winchester USA for practice, but I carry my weapon and clips full of Hornady Custom Pistol Ammo
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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