Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
02-25-2010 | 10:06 PM
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Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
Just for fun...............
Been around guns and owned them most of my life.Did a lot of reloading in pistol,riffle,and shotguns and have a pretty good understanding of the terms of velocity in feet per second.But today for some reason got to wondering how this related in Miles Per Hour,something we are all more familure with.I was thinking how fast in "MPH" do you have to be going to out run a bullet.
Seeing some of the tanks had had and used a 50-calibar machine guns I thought I would use a couple examples in converting
"FPS" to "MPH"...........
50-Cal leaving the barrel at........3,050 "FPS"....is traveling at .....2,079.5454545454545 "MPH".........
50-cal leaving the barrel at........2,930 "FPS"....is traveling at......1,997.7272727272727 "MPH"........
Found this kind of interesting and hope you do to.......
this was done with an on-line conversion service-put in "FPS" and get "MPH"...............
BIGMIG
Been around guns and owned them most of my life.Did a lot of reloading in pistol,riffle,and shotguns and have a pretty good understanding of the terms of velocity in feet per second.But today for some reason got to wondering how this related in Miles Per Hour,something we are all more familure with.I was thinking how fast in "MPH" do you have to be going to out run a bullet.
Seeing some of the tanks had had and used a 50-calibar machine guns I thought I would use a couple examples in converting
"FPS" to "MPH"...........
50-Cal leaving the barrel at........3,050 "FPS"....is traveling at .....2,079.5454545454545 "MPH".........
50-cal leaving the barrel at........2,930 "FPS"....is traveling at......1,997.7272727272727 "MPH"........
Found this kind of interesting and hope you do to.......
this was done with an on-line conversion service-put in "FPS" and get "MPH"...............
BIGMIG
02-25-2010 | 10:40 PM
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That is true......... I like to think of the old lever-action 30-30 and what was accomplished with them when it came to hunting Big game animals in particular.
BIGMIG
I like to think of the old lever-action 30-30 and what was accomplished with them when it came to hunting Big game animals in particular.BIGMIG
02-25-2010 | 10:42 PM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
Interesting, but either way, dodging or ducking a 690 gr FMJ round is not easy. [&:] The new sniper rifles in cal 50 give a totally new meaning to "sniper".
02-25-2010 | 11:04 PM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
ORIGINAL: pattoncommander
Interesting, but either way, dodging or ducking a 690 gr FMJ round is not easy. [&:] The new sniper rifles in cal 50 give a totally new meaning to ''sniper''.
Interesting, but either way, dodging or ducking a 690 gr FMJ round is not easy. [&:] The new sniper rifles in cal 50 give a totally new meaning to ''sniper''.
And just as graphic is the loss of night time being your "friend" in a lot of ways.
02-25-2010 | 11:11 PM
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I have an old 1884 trapdoor carbine that i load with 55gr of black powder and cast 400 gr lead bullit and it will hit a quart oil can at 200 yards. It is suprising how powreful some of the old stuff realy is i have ben hunting with it alot and almost like it more than the more modern ones.
02-25-2010 | 11:34 PM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
Hello cheap tank,
I just spent a couple days reading the journals of Lewis & Clark and 3 or 4 others who had also kept writen journels of this expidition and if anyone is interested in the old history of this venture,it is a well spent time reading this.Of particular interest to me as being a hunter for many,many years was their first incounters with the grizzly Bear and their thoughts and respect for them.
They were familure with black bears,but the grizzly was a whole different challenge to face.................And they had Black powder
guns as their only defence to an animal that had no fear in most casses to anyone or anything.
BIGMIG
We had black powder pistols and a newer version of a 58 caliber riffle that broke open like a single shot-shotgun to place the cap on the nipple.Being out in the country these were in most years brought out for some fun shooting on thanksgiving day while we waited for the turkey to get done in the oven..............There are a few places here on my property where you could start a lead mine.........
P.S. Talk about people with guts...........The lewis & clark expidition took 2 years....4 months...11 days..........I can't even picture someone asking a person to joint in on a little hike that will most likely take two years or so to complete.AMAZZZZZZING
I just spent a couple days reading the journals of Lewis & Clark and 3 or 4 others who had also kept writen journels of this expidition and if anyone is interested in the old history of this venture,it is a well spent time reading this.Of particular interest to me as being a hunter for many,many years was their first incounters with the grizzly Bear and their thoughts and respect for them.
They were familure with black bears,but the grizzly was a whole different challenge to face.................And they had Black powder
guns as their only defence to an animal that had no fear in most casses to anyone or anything.
BIGMIG
We had black powder pistols and a newer version of a 58 caliber riffle that broke open like a single shot-shotgun to place the cap on the nipple.Being out in the country these were in most years brought out for some fun shooting on thanksgiving day while we waited for the turkey to get done in the oven..............There are a few places here on my property where you could start a lead mine.........
P.S. Talk about people with guts...........The lewis & clark expidition took 2 years....4 months...11 days..........I can't even picture someone asking a person to joint in on a little hike that will most likely take two years or so to complete.AMAZZZZZZING
02-26-2010 | 01:25 AM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
Many people don't realize how much effect a slow moving projectile has over a super high speed magnum. Back in the 1800s, the trappers, hunters and explorers had only the black powder, large caliber weapons. The old 45/70 was a huge round, and although it didn't have the range, anything you hit was "lights out". Hitting a person with that round was like smacking them with a cement block. I had to carry a 357 magnum, but off duty or doing security work, I preferred my 44 special or 45 long Colt. The knockdown power was definately there without the worry about it going through your target and killing someone a couple hundred yards away. That's what makes the ol' M-1911A1 45 pistol so lethal. You have a huge bullet going out there at a relatively slow velocity and the kniock down punch is amazing. The old wild west 6 shooters had the same effect for the same reason. But back then, we didn't have armor plate and kevlar to worry about.
Lewis & Clark also had the world's first air/BB gun with them and the indians thought it was magic because it didn't use gunpowder and worked as well in rain. The air was supplied from the stock which you had to pump up with a bellows, then screw it into the gun. It was good for a dozen shots and was used for hunting small game at short ranges. The slow BB had enough energy to kill a small animal and was quiet. We have that gun at the SC Military Museum here in Columbia.
Lewis & Clark also had the world's first air/BB gun with them and the indians thought it was magic because it didn't use gunpowder and worked as well in rain. The air was supplied from the stock which you had to pump up with a bellows, then screw it into the gun. It was good for a dozen shots and was used for hunting small game at short ranges. The slow BB had enough energy to kill a small animal and was quiet. We have that gun at the SC Military Museum here in Columbia.
02-26-2010 | 01:34 AM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
ORIGINAL: pattoncommander
Many people don't realize how much effect a slow moving projectile has over a super high speed magnum. Back in the 1800s, the trappers, hunters and explorers had only the black powder, large caliber weapons. The old 45/70 was a huge round, and although it didn't have the range, anything you hit was ''lights out''. Hitting a person with that round was like smacking them with a cement block. I had to carry a 357 magnum, but off duty or doing security work, I preferred my 44 special or 45 long Colt. The knockdown power was definately there without the worry about it going through your target and killing someone a couple hundred yards away. That's what makes the ol' M-1911A1 45 pistol so lethal. You have a huge bullet going out there at a relatively slow velocity and the kniock down punch is amazing. The old wild west 6 shooters had the same effect for the same reason. But back then, we didn't have armor plate and kevlar to worry about.
Lewis & Clark also had the world's first air/BB gun with them and the indians thought it was magic because it didn't use gunpowder and worked as well in rain. The air was supplied from the stock which you had to pump up with a bellows, then screw it into the gun. It was good for a dozen shots and was used for hunting small game at short ranges. The slow BB had enough energy to kill a small animal and was quiet. We have that gun at the SC Military Museum here in Columbia.
Many people don't realize how much effect a slow moving projectile has over a super high speed magnum. Back in the 1800s, the trappers, hunters and explorers had only the black powder, large caliber weapons. The old 45/70 was a huge round, and although it didn't have the range, anything you hit was ''lights out''. Hitting a person with that round was like smacking them with a cement block. I had to carry a 357 magnum, but off duty or doing security work, I preferred my 44 special or 45 long Colt. The knockdown power was definately there without the worry about it going through your target and killing someone a couple hundred yards away. That's what makes the ol' M-1911A1 45 pistol so lethal. You have a huge bullet going out there at a relatively slow velocity and the kniock down punch is amazing. The old wild west 6 shooters had the same effect for the same reason. But back then, we didn't have armor plate and kevlar to worry about.
Lewis & Clark also had the world's first air/BB gun with them and the indians thought it was magic because it didn't use gunpowder and worked as well in rain. The air was supplied from the stock which you had to pump up with a bellows, then screw it into the gun. It was good for a dozen shots and was used for hunting small game at short ranges. The slow BB had enough energy to kill a small animal and was quiet. We have that gun at the SC Military Museum here in Columbia.
I was wondering how that air gun worked for that period of time.Way advanced technology for that period of time.I tried looking that up to see what I could find out about it,but I could not find anything on it other than it being mentioned here and there.???
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02-26-2010 | 07:01 AM
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Hello bigmig unfourtunatly i need to drive 20 miles to shoot high power now in the last 22 years i have lived here it has built up quite a bit and there is no room any moore. I red about the lewis&clark air rifle it was .30 cal and they took alot of game with it up to deer and also shot a woman by accadent. Those air rifles were used by the upper class in europe i think that is where they got it not the first but amaising for the time.
02-26-2010 | 09:14 AM
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RE: Bullet's (fps) to ( mph) just for fun
Yeah, that air gun is a trip....a real skinny-mini with a fat stock. We don't have the bellows for it but it's a very popular artifact and the entire collection is owned by Ross Beard, on display at the SC Military Museum, Columbia, SC .
