Two of the most popular rifle cartridges available in today’s market are the .223 Remington and the .243 Winchester. Both are excellent rounds for what they’re designed for, but one of them is better at certain things than the other is, while the other is great in other circumstances. Below, we’ll take a more in […]
300 Savage Ballistic Charts and Cartridge Guide
300 Savage Ballistics Muzzle 100 YDS 200 YDS Velocity (FPS) 2630 2353 2094 Energy (FT/LB) 2304 1844 1460 Drop (Inch) / 0 -4.8 The below 300 Savage ballistics chart shows 180 grain Federal Power-Shok JSP ammo. Muzzle 100 YDS 200 YDS Velocity (FPS) 2350 2137 1934 Energy (FT/LB) 2207 1825 1495 Drop (Inch) / 0 […]
224 Valkyrie Ballistics Charts and Cartridge Guide
224 Valkyrie Ballistics: The 90 Grain Sierra Matchking BT HP rounds from Federal reach a muzzle velocity of 2,700 FPS with 1,457 LB/FT of energy. At 100 yards energy drops to 1,291 LB/FT with the velocity of 2,542. 224 Valkyrie Ballistics Charts: This 224 Valkyrie ballistics chart shows 90 Grain Federal Premium Gold Medal Sierra […]
25 WSSM Ballistics
25 WSSM History: The 25 Winchester Super Short Magnum is a relatively new center fire rifle cartridge developed in partnership with Browning Arms Company and Winchester ammunition. It made its debut and was introduced to the shooting public in 2004. The newer .257″ short magnum cartridge was originally chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action […]
32 H&R Magnum Ballistics Charts and Cartridge Guide
32 H&R Magnum Ballistics The 95 grain 32 H&R Magnum has a velocity of 1020 at the muzzle, and 970 at 25 yards. Energy at the muzzle is 219 foot pounds, and at 25 yards it drops to 198 foot pounds. 32 H&R Mag ballistics charts: This 32 H&R Magnum ballistics chart shows 95 grain […]
9mm VS 38 Super Ballistics, Recoil, and Other Info
Welcome to another cartridge comparison. This is the place where we dissect the intricacies of two different gun cartridges to help you decide which one is the right first, or next, handgun or rifle cartridge for your purposes. Our goal isn’t necessarily to pick a winner, though I will tell you which one I tend […]
Rimfire Rifle Ballistics
The below rimfire rifle ballistics information will give bullet weight measured in grains, bullet ballistic coefficient, bullet velocity measured in feet per second, bullet energy measured in foot pounds and bullet trajectory measured in inches for the more popular and newly introduced rimfire cartridges, (factory ammunition). .17 HM2 – .17 HMR – .17 WSM – […]
500 S&W Magnum Ballistics Chart and Cartridge Guide
500 S&W Magnum Ballistics Charts: This 500 S&W Mag ballistic chart shows 325 Federal Premium Swift A-Frame rounds fired from an 8.5 inch barrel: Muzzle 25 YDS 50 YDS Velocity (FPS) 1800 1677 1559 Energy (FT/LB) 2338 2028 1754 This 500 S&W Magnum ballistics chart shows 300 grain Hornady FTX fired from an 8.5 inch […]
300 Blackout VS 7.62X39 Ballistics, Cost, Uses, Etc
Here we are again, with another one of our cartridge comparison articles. Our goal isn’t necessarily to say one is better than the other, but to help you figure out which is better for you based on certain facts that I’ve experienced firsthand. 7.62X39 VS 300 BLK Which one is better? In terms of downrange […]