Sunday, October 22, 2006

Did you know???

A bullet fired from a .22 Caliper Rifle, one of the smallest Caliper Rifles made in the U.S., at 100 yards is traveling approx. 2042 feet per second. 2042 fps is 1392.27273 miles per hour or 1.8 times faster then the speed of sound.

A 125 Grain bullet fired from a .30-30 Caliper rifle, at 100 yards is traveling approx. 2100 fps, or 1431.81818 miles per hour, or almost 1.9 times the speed of sound. The is the equivalent of 1210 ft-lb of energy.

A 165 Grain bullet fired from a .30-06 caliper rifle, at 100 yards is traveling approx. 2900 fps, or 1977.27273 miles per hour, or over 2.5 times the speed of sound and will hit with over 2400 ft-lb of energy.

I just thought your local neighborhood terrorist would like to know.

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