Handgun Ammo Ballistics Post... Interesting!!!

[pred]

I often see Questions comparing one round to another.
There is alot of Qs about what to carry.
I will start by saying that being armed LEGALLY is Paramount, and you should show caution/calm and Reserve with your responsibility with your weapon.
ANY round can stop an animal or an attacker.
There have been people who were hit with 6 rounds of 357 and lived to tell about it, And others having being hit with a pellet (NJ NEWS) have died from their wounds.
These #s are straight from Hornady Ballistic charts.
I am not listing barrel lengths with these figures, But they are all hand gun rounds.....
ALL will be listed in this fashon
Ammo//////grains bullet////// Muzzle velocity FPS///////FT LBS ENERGY
25 ACP --- 35 ------------------900 ------------------- 63
32 ACP --- 60-------------------1000------------------ 133
380 ACP --- 90-------------------1000------------------200
9mm Luger-- 115----------------- 1155 -----------------341
9mm Luger-- 147---------------- 975 ------------------ 310
9x18 Makarov - 95----------------1000--------------------211
38 special -- 158----------------800--------------------199
357 MAG --- 158---------------1250--------------------548
357 SIG --- 147----------------1225--------------------490
40 S&W --- 180-----------------950--------------------361
10 MM --- 180----------------1050-------------------- 556
44 MAg --- 240-----------------1350------------------- 971
45 ACP --- 230-----------------950---------------------461
454 Casull -- 300----------------1650-------------------1813
500 S&W --- 350----------------1900-------------------2805
So there are the most common hand gun rounds...
Just for fun, here are a couple of rifle specs....
223 55-------------------3240 ------------------1282
3030 Win -- 160------------------2400------------------2046
303 Brit --- 150-----------------2685-------------------2401
30-06 ----- 165-----------------3015-------------------3330
45-70 Govt --- 325-----------------2050-------------------3032
Remember these specs are at muzzle, and each round has many different grain weights available, I just looked at the average one.
Cant find 762x39 or by 52R
Anyway,,,,,,, Something to think about.
Peter
I hope this helps clear up some questions.
None of the above are +p or +P+ loads.
This being said, I find comfort in a 38 special +p load.
The 38 special has been used for nearly 100 years by police and military effectively.


What this chart does NOT account for is the sheer mass of the bullet
if you compare the 30-06 and the 45-70, they are near alike,
But the 45-70 will drop much bigger game reliably.

[Pa. Patriot]

[bloomautomatic]

The 38 special has been used for nearly 100 years by police and military effectively.

The .32 ACP was used for many years in Europe by police and some military...but it wouldn't be my first choice when going into harm's way. Better than nothing, though.

I guess the .44 mag blew the shooter and the bad guy clean off the page!

[stipilot]

Dude, that's funny!

[bamboomaster]

Dude, that's funny!

It's all about foot-pounds...

Don't know if the progressive chart will show up here, but I laughed until I cried. You're wrong as you must know on the 9's and 45's. Notwithstanding the food-pound data, head shots stop BG's all the time.

Did see a .44 Mag target this past weekend (.375 inch steel plate) and it looked like it was already in its Swiss Cheeze beauty pagent dress.

Hardly surprising that I really didn't have any fun sighting in the 2x scope for my good friend's .454.

But I still think all of you have done an awesome job at sharing with the rest of us how your dots are connected....

Kindest regards,

bamboomaster

[S&W 10mm]

LMAO, HAHA I love those sketch's, just like I find it quite humurus that one of my favorite loads was the one that killed the other man. I am just teasing and I do know that those other bullets are proven as effective as any other.

Thanks for that post, I might be able to go to bed with a smile on my face tonight thinking about that