Ballistics charts provide people with all the vital information they need concerning specific handgun ammunition. It list the names of the cartridges, length of the barrel, the names of the bullets and the number of bullets in each cartridge. In addition, it list the muzzle type of each gun and its minimum and maximum speeds in yards. Furthermore, it outlines the energy output in each handgun.
. Having a ballistic chart allows a person the opportunity to see the different attributes for each gun. Hornady manufacturing company has manufactured ammunition since the 1960s and cofounded the Hunting and Shooting Sport Heritage Fund. They offer a ballistics table for free download. Hornady classifies Handguns ammunition by its traits. Below is a list of the classifying titles along with their abbreviations:
1. (BT) Boattail
2. (DGS) Dangerous Game Solid
3. (DGX) Dangerous Game Expanding
4. (FMJ) Full Metal Jacket
5. (FP) Flat Point
6 (FPB) Flex TipA Projectile Blackpowder
7. (FTX) Flex TipA eXpanding
8. (GMX) Gilding Metal Expanding
9. (HP) Hollow Point
10. (IB) InterBondA Bullet
11. (L) Swaged Lead Bullet
12 (LRN) Lead Round Nose
13 (ML) Muzzleloading
14. (w/Moly) Moly-Coated
15. (RN) Round Nose
16. (SIL) Silhouette
17. (SJ) Short Jacket
18. (SP) Spire Point
19. (SP-RP) Spire Point RecoilProof
20. (SST) Super Shock Tipped
21. (V) VentedBallistics Data
22. (XTP) Extreme Terminal Performance
The following is an example of Ballistic data table taken from the Hornady ballistic chart:
C 25 Auto 35 gr. XTP 90012 22 2" 900 813 742 63 51 43
C 32 Auto 60 gr. XTP 90062 48 4" 1000 906 834 133 112 96
C 380 Auto 90 gr. XTP 90102 84 4" 1000 913 846 200 167 143
CD 380 Auto 90 gr. FTX 90080 4" 1000 913 846 200 167 143
To download a complete ballistics handgun chart access: http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ballistics/english-ballistics-chart-2010.pdf More Reference Links: http://www.hornady.com/ http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ballistics/english-ballistics-chart-2010.pdf
