How far can a bullet go?
According to the National Rifle Association, if you’re going for distance, the optimal angle of elevation is around 30 degrees from horizontal. The NRA says that for a 9 mm handgun, the most popular handgun according to Guns.com, a bullet will travel up to 2,130 yards, or about 1.2 miles.
How far does an AK 47 bullet travel?
The AK-47 and AKM, with the 7.62 × 39 mm cartridge, have a maximum effective range of around 300 meters (330 yd).
What is the slowest bullet?
22 caliber rimfire “Colibrí” rounds made by Aguila Ammunition of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico really do fire the slowest bullets of any commercially manufactured ammunition. Aguila’s advertised maximum muzzle velocity for the ammunition is a mere 420 feet per second (128 meters per second).
How do you calculate the maximum altitude a bullet can reach?
A very simple rule of thumb to calculate the maximum altitude that a bullet will reach is that it will be approximately f the maximum horizontal range. The results of some actual test firings are tabulated as follows (Table 3.6):
What is the velocity of a 30-06 bullet?
The above table indicates, from the limited data available, that only the 30-06 or 0.303 rounds would have sufficient initial velocity to reach an airliner flying at 9000 feet. There are, however, a vast number of hunting cartridges which would be equally capable of reaching this altitude.
What happens if you double the velocity of a bullet?
For example, a no. 7-2 shot fired at a muzzle velocity of 2400 fps, twice that of a normal target load, would have its velocity reduced to 1120 fps, the speed of sound, within about the first 26 yd of flight. Doubling the velocity would increase the maximum range by only about 26 yd.
Does the shape of a bullet affect its range?
Bullet shape also has a pronounced effect; with sharply pointed bullets and those with a streamlined base (boat -tailed) having a far greater range than a round ball. As can be reasonably expected, the higher the velocity, the greater the range. Journee’s formula and the ballistics of shotgun pellets and round balls.