Think you can shoot your 9mm?

JTD · 05-21-2015, 06:31 PM

If that video and sound are correct, that bullet got there REALLY fast for 9mm. A fast high power rifle would take about 3/4 +/- of a second to get there (3000 feet away)
That is not an easy shot for a purpose built rifle with high magnification optics and a bench.
I have some serious doubts about this claim, and would have to see it to believe it.
Jerry is right on about muzzle rise. I believe a 3500 fps VLD bullet with a balistic coeficent of 500 needs around 80 some min. of elevation to make it down there. A 9mm pistol bullet has so much drag and is so low a B.C. I can't see two bullets hitting within 10 feet of each other under perfect conditions of the two shots. John

05-21-2015, 06:31 PM	#8
JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 428 Thanks: 218 Thanked 410 Times in 151 Posts	If that video and sound are correct, that bullet got there REALLY fast for 9mm. A fast high power rifle would take about 3/4 +/- of a second to get there (3000 feet away) That is not an easy shot for a purpose built rifle with high magnification optics and a bench. I have some serious doubts about this claim, and would have to see it to believe it. Jerry is right on about muzzle rise. I believe a 3500 fps VLD bullet with a balistic coeficent of 500 needs around 80 some min. of elevation to make it down there. A 9mm pistol bullet has so much drag and is so low a B.C. I can't see two bullets hitting within 10 feet of each other under perfect conditions of the two shots. John