What is the approx. speed of a bullet?

Question

What is the approx. speed of a bullet?

Answer 1

Kevin is right. The muzzle speed of any fire arm, rifle, piston, cannon, depends on how much force F there is behind the projectile with mass m while it is accelerating down the barrel and on how long L the barrel is. In fact we can write V = sqrt(2FL/m) to find the muzzle speed if we discount friction etc. So in reality, the muzzle speed depends on the characteristics of the bullet and of the fire arm. Check this out:



"Muzzle velocities range from approximately 120 m/s (390 ft/s) to 370 m/s (1,200 ft/s) in black powder muskets,[2] to more than 1,200 m/s (3,900 ft/s)[3] in modern rifles with high-performance cartridges such as the .220 Swift and .204 Ruger, all the way to 1,700 m/s (5,600 ft/s)[4] for tank guns firing kinetic energy penetrator ammunition. " [Wiki]

Answer 2

Kevin is right. The muzzle speed of any fire arm, rifle, piston, cannon, depends on how much force F there is behind the projectile with mass m while it is accelerating down the barrel and on how long L the barrel is. In fact we can write V = sqrt(2FL/m) to find the muzzle speed if we discount friction etc. So in reality, the muzzle speed depends on the characteristics of the bullet and of the fire arm.

Answer 3

Kevin is right. The muzzle speed of any fire arm, rifle, piston, cannon, depends on how much force F there is behind the projectile with mass m while it is accelerating down the barrel and on how long L the barrel is. In fact we can write V = sqrt(2FL/m) to find the muzzle speed if we discount friction etc. So in reality, the muzzle speed depends on the characteristics of the bullet and of the fire arm. Check this out:



"Muzzle velocities range from approximately 120 m/s (390 ft/s) to 370 m/s (1,200 ft/s) in black powder muskets,[2] to more than 1,200 m/s (3,900 ft/s)[3] in modern rifles with high-performance cartridges such as the .220 Swift and .204 Ruger, all the way to 1,700 m/s (5,600 ft/s)[4] for tank guns firing kinetic energy penetrator ammunition. " [Wiki]

Answer 4

If you can suffer through a 357 Magnum with a 125 gr (8 g) bullet in it, about 1600 ft/second.

Answer 5

depends on the cartridge, load, grain, barrel length, ect



a 230 grain standard pressure .45 ACP come out the barrel at 830-930 fps, a 9mm or .22lr can be around 1100fps. a .55 grain .223 Remington round out a 16 in barrel can be about 3200 fps or just over 2,100 mph.

Answer 6

MAJOR FACTORS That depends on the weight of the bullet and the amount of gun powder used with it.

MINOR FACTORS The shape of the bullet and the chemical s in the gunpowder.

LESSOR FACTORS The number and depth of the riflings in the barrel, how clean the inside of the barre isl, humidity

Answer 7

Depends on the bullet and gun. 990-1350 Feet per second for a 9mm.

Answer 8

.22 cal can be below 1000 ft/s up to 3000 ft/s . 3000 ft/s is a new gun to the market. Caliber and load spec’s vary .

Answer 9

Well let's find it:



A bullet is launched by a small explosion in the gun.

The explosion is bright, and sends out photons.

So bullets shoot out right when photons do.

Since the force of the explosion created particles that move at the speed of light, it is safe to assume that it can send bullets at a speed close to that (nothing can reach lightspeed).



ANSWER:

Just below the speed of light.

Answer 10

It all depends on the speed of light and if you're the one being shot at, the shooter, or an observer. Simple perceptual relativity, in motion.

Answer 11

Bullet velocity could vary from 333m/sec - 1000m/sec

Answer 12

.223 3200 ft/per sec

Answer 13

600 km/h

Answer 14

depends

Answer 15

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