What is a high velocity bullet?
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xsn10s
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IMO it just is more accurate to list the bullet's velocity for any given rifle and cartridge combination. One could also say this is fast, average, or slow for a given cartridge/ bullet weight/ barrel length. Even then we'll have discrepancies, but at least I think we'd rule out some disagreement. No? LOL
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lyle2231
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PRS has a speed limit of 3200 fps due to those speeds damaging steel at nearer ranges we shoot. In that game anything over 3200 may be considered high velocity.
Well to my way of thinking, which many here may or may not agree with there are two categories of bullet velocities, please note that it's velocity not the bullet itself that defines the category. First let's define the speed of sund.
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The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound in air is about 343 metres per second (1,125 ft/s; 1,235 km/h; 767 mph; 667 kn), or one kilometre in 2.9 s or one mile in 4.7 s. It depends strongly on temperature as well as the medium through which a sound wave is propagating. At 0 °C (32 °F), the speed of sound is about 331 m/s (1,086 ft/s; 1,192 km/h; 740 mph; 643 kn).[1]
Therefore there are two different velocity levels, Standard Velocity which would define a sub sonic bullet in flight. Used to be only .22 rimfire ammo that was standard velocity but with all of the silencer technology these daze there are a lot more ammo designs that are sub sonic. If standard or sub sonic is not high velocity then high velocity has to start when the bullet breaks the sound barrier, which most do at around 740 mph (1086 ft/sec.
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greenejc
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The 30-30 WCF was the first American high velocity bullet, achieving a little over 2,000fps with a 170 grain projectile and 2300 or so with a 150 grain projectile in 1894 or 95. I think you'd have to say that by the standards of the introduction of smokeless powders, anything over 2,000fps was high velocity.
Hal The Slayer
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Amen! you go Butterbean!!
Mike Matteson
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High velocity to me is anything that's over 3000fps, and even higher than that. I realize that some firearms can't reach that velocity at there bests. Bullets designs are a different story. How the bullets handles the different velocities. Some bullets can't handle high velocity, and other are really built for shooting steel at long range, aren't really built for hunting. People use them, and believe in them. I don't but that's how I feel and doesn't apply to others. The design of the tip of the bullet, and how it retains it shape during it's fight down range, makes a big difference.
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To my 22lr, my 17mach2 is considered high velocity. To my 250/3000 at 3000fps, my 220 Swift at 4000fps is considered high velocity. But theses terms include the case and the powder. So the definition will vary with the experience and technological ability of the reader/responder. Hence, very fast to one is the norm while very, very, very fast is the norm for another. Some spend their whole life chasing the fastest high velocity bullet while others spend their whole life chasing the fastest high velocity cartridge. What I am thinking is that without a standardized, accepted definition, it's all relative.
Charles Keethler
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Any bullet not sub-sonic.
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