A Ted's Hold over inspired hunt!
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You need the velocity it's shooting at BB to give an accurate number. you know anyone with a chronograph? The Chairgun Program is really good and it has most of the popular pellets. once you plug in the velocity and the type of pellet (Balistic Coefficient and weight) the program will do the rest.
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The velocity as mentioned with the pellet that your shooting is what is needed to calculate your fpe I can only guess as to what that may be my friend
Jonathan
Jonathan
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Jonathan
Jonathan
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Hey BumbleB, you can use this to make educated guesses with various weights of pellets, vs. your suspected real velocity:
http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/energycalc.htm
There is a great discussion about efficacy of your particular rifle here:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=15840.0
You'll have to guess at the muzzle velocity, but the general rule of thumb is, the heavier the pellet, the slower it goes- but the farther it retains that velocity. There are many exceptions to that rule (tight barrels, over sized pellets, damaged skirts, etc..) but if you want to get just an idea of the energy you'll develop, this is a good first step.
The best way to learn the actual energy values is to chrony your rifle and use the pellet energy calculator.
http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/energycalc.htm
There is a great discussion about efficacy of your particular rifle here:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=15840.0
You'll have to guess at the muzzle velocity, but the general rule of thumb is, the heavier the pellet, the slower it goes- but the farther it retains that velocity. There are many exceptions to that rule (tight barrels, over sized pellets, damaged skirts, etc..) but if you want to get just an idea of the energy you'll develop, this is a good first step.
The best way to learn the actual energy values is to chrony your rifle and use the pellet energy calculator.
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