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Old 10-06-2011 | 05:33 PM
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ronlaughlin
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Originally Posted by bigge_al
Forgive me but my understanding of B/P rifles is that the bullet would non-effective at 200 yds. I have been told that you could caught it in your hand at that range.


The chart shows the speed of the bullet at 200 yard to be 1306 feet per second.

At this speed the bullet would travel 4,701,600 feet in 3600 seconds, which is an hour. There are 5280 feet in a mile, so divide 4,701,600 feet by 5280 feet, and one then realizes that the bullet is traveling at 890 miles per hour.

Do you wish to catch that bullet traveling 890 mile/hr in your hand?
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