The 35 Remington is an old cartridge, developed and released at the turn of the last century (1906). The 35 Remington is considered by many to be a medium power hunting cartridge suitable for medium to large sized game, depending on the distance. This 35 caliber bottleneck cartridge design is an excellent deer hunting cartridge […]
45-70 Govt VS 450 Bushmaster Ballistics (Trajectory, Recoil, History)
The battle of the big bores continues. So far we’ve compared 444 Marlin to .45-70, and 444 Marlin to .450 Bushmaster. This time around, the showdown is between 45-70 VS 450 Bushmaster. Let’s take a more in depth look at these two hard-hitting center fire, big bore rifle cartridges with the ultimate goal of ending […]
223 Remington VS 243 Winchester Ballistics (History, Uses, Recoil)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
44 Special Ballistics and Cartridge Guide
44 Special Ballistics This 44 Special ballistics chart shows 165 Grain Hornady FTX Critical Defense rounds tested out of a 2.5 inch barrel: Muzzle 25 YDS 50 YDS Velocity (FPS) 900 873 847 Energy (FT/LB) 297 279 263 This 44 Special ballistics chart shows 200 grain Federal American Eagle Semi Wadcutter Hollow Point rounds tested […]
338 Lapua Magnum Ballistic Charts and Cartridge Guide
338 Lapua Magnum Ballistic Charts This 338 Lapua Magnum ballistic chart shows 270 grain Hornady ELD-X Precision Hunter: Muzzle 100 YDS 200 YDS 300 YDS Velocity (FPS) 2800 2680 2562 2447 Energy (FT/LB) 4699 4304 3935 3590 Drop (Inch) / +1.7 0 -7 This 338 Lapua Magnum ballistic chart shows 300 grain Federal Premium Nosler […]
250 Savage Ballistics and Cartridge Guide (250 3000)
250 Savage: The 250 Savage was introduced by Savage in 1914 as the 250-3000 Savage. It was capable of achieving 3,000 feet per second using an 87 grain, 25 caliber bullet. Years later the 3,000 was dropped and it became known simply as the 250 Savage. The original designer was Charles Newton who had sold […]