Ballistics by the Inch

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I'ts results of Barrel Length, popular
cartridges, and selected ammo with charts
of the results.

"Ballistics By The Inch"


Ballistics by the Inch
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/

I'm still looking at charts I
haven't gotten to the Magnums yet,
unfortunate they didn't also do 10 MM
AUto & .41 Magnum.

Hey, some OCD behavior results in
useful info.

Randall
 
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I'ts results of Barrel Length, popular
cartridges, and selected ammo with charts
of the results.

"Ballistics By The Inch"


Ballistics by the Inch
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/

I'm still looking at charts I
haven't gotten to the Magnums yet,
unfortunate they didn't also do 10 MM
AUto & .41 Magnum.

Hey, some OCD behavior results in
useful info.

Randall
 
Really interesting find!!

The results help to answer a question that seems to come up regularly in about every forum I visit and always gets some "rule of thumb" answer.

I only looked at two calibers of interest -- 357Sig and 40 S&W -- and was just a little bit disappointed at the ammo choices. Lots of Corbon and some Federal, but little or no data on, argueably, the most popular ammos out there -- Speer Gold Dot and Win Ranger. I suppose that they just ammo on hand, and it is still better than WAGs.
 
Sampling - the common Semi Auto Cartridges


.45 ACP Cor Bon Conventional JHP and DPX HP
BBL Len. 165 gr. 185 gr. 200 gr. 230 gr. 185 gr.
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16" 1443 1362 1237 1117 1229
8" 1367 1236 1150 1067 1148
5" 1238 1149 1067 1015 1102
4" 1163 1109 1042 983 1060
3" 1050 999 934 893 967

.40 S&W Cor Bon Conv. JHP & DPX & Fed EFMJ/JHP
BBL Len 135 gr 150 gr 165 gr 140 gr 135 gr 180.
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16" 1636 1464 1351 1433 1393 1147
8" 1547 1382 1293 1384 1314 1108
5" 1453 1303 1225 1308 1233 1047
4" 1350 1240 1164 1236 1201 1016
3" 1212 1169 1085 1190 1147 963

9mmx19 Cor Bon JHP & DPX Fed Speer GD
BBL Len 115 gr 125 gr 115 gr 147 gr. 124 gr.
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16" 1525 1430 1476 1073 1379
8" 1458 1366 1366 1047 1329
5" 1372 1282 1315 1007 1259
4' 1316 1226 1265 951 1206
3" 1245 1170 1215 908 1108

Now, for a slow burning Magnum powder in
.357 Mag Cor Bon JHP & DPX Fed JHP
BBL Len 110 gr 125 gr 140 gr 125 gr 158 gr
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16" 1790 2113 2004 1946 1739
8" 1600 1851 1717 1728 1593
5" 1377 1614 1493 1552 1402
4" 1286 1406 1394 1471 1332
3: 1109 1257 1172 1271 1194

With 3" Bbl. 9mmx19 isn't far off 125 gr. eh?
but with the fast burjning powders really
no need for more than 8" Bbl.

R
 
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