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Old 01-17-2008 | 12:35 PM
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Zugunruhe
 
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Default Some MV math for you...

Found this while doing some searching for info on cast bullets, useful for those of us who don't have a chronograph:

Muzzle Velocity = 2518.4*X to the 0.344 power, where X=grains of powder/bullet wt. in grains

This was generated using 777 2f powder.

I checked it against the published velocities on the Hodgdon website for a variety of bullets and 90gr. of 777, and found it to be within +/- 30 fps. I would think that for most of us that use volumetric powder measures, that is more than accurate enough for calculating ball park ballistics. Pretty cool!
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