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9mm Luger Results in fps
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barrel length |
Cor Bon 90 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 115 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 125 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 115 gr. DPX |
Federal 115 gr. JHP |
Federal 135 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP low recoil |
Federal 105 gr. Expand'g FMJ |
Federal 124 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP |
Federal 147 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP |
Speer 124 gr. Gold Dot Short Barrel |
18" | 1754 | 1543 | 1449 | 1458 | 1297 | 1194 | 1370 | 1231 | 1083 | 1395 |
17" | 1766 | 1550 | 1421 | 1455 | 1320 | 1207 | 1381 | 1250 | 1096 | 1400 |
16" | 1740 | 1525 | 1430 | 1476 | 1295 | 1185 | 1358 | 1243 | 1073 | 1379 |
15" | 1768 | 1536 | 1392 | 1416 | 1304 | 1194 | 1364 | 1244 | 1090 | 1375 |
14" | 1767 | 1532 | 1405 | 1440 | 1295 | 1182 | 1372 | 1241 | 1090 | 1390 |
13" | 1738 | 1517 | 1477 | 1427 | 1281 | 1183 | 1343 | 1237 | 1081 | 1378 |
12" | 1716 | 1514 | 1385 | 1380 | 1282 | 1184 | 1273 | 1225 | 1081 | 1361 |
11" | 1690 | 1496 | 1372 | 1391 | 1268 | 1166 | 1318 | 1212 | 1059 | 1360 |
10" | 1647 | 1474 | 1372 | 1379 | 1253 | 1167 | 1314 | 1211 | 1067 | 1338 |
9" | 1663 | 1476 | 1369 | 1377 | 1238 | 1161 | 1307 | 1212 | 1055 | 1345 |
8" | 1634 | 1458 | 1366 | 1366 | 1234 | 1145 | 1278 | 1180 | 1047 | 1329 |
7" | 1619 | 1446 | 1329 | 1350 | 1223 | 1136 | 1258 | 1161 | 1040 | 1316 |
6" | 1566 | 1402 | 1312 | 1332 | 1188 | 1113 | 1235 | 1131 | 1030 | 1284 |
5" | 1539 | 1372 | 1282 | 1315 | 1166 | 1085 | 1194 | 1115 | 1007 | 1259 |
4" | 1444 | 1316 | 1226 | 1265 | 1094 | 1039 | 1140 | 1061 | 951 | 1203 |
3" | 1345 | 1245 | 1170 | 1215 | 1029 | 976 | 1073 | 988 | 902 | 1108 |
2" | 1215 | 1134 | 1061 | 1132 | 948 | 909 | 985 | 900 | 837 | 1074 |
real world weapon |
Cor Bon 90 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 115 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 125 gr. JHP +P |
Cor Bon 115 gr. DPX |
Federal 115 gr. JHP |
Federal 135 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP low recoil |
Federal 105 gr. Expand'g FMJ |
Federal 124 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP |
Federal 147 gr. Hydra- Shok JHP |
Speer 124 gr. Gold Dot Short Barrel |
Special Weapons MP5 clone 18" barrel |
1704 | 1477 | 1362 | 1424 | 1277 | 1231 | 1360 | 1259 | 1073 | 1323 |
Kel Tec Sub-2000 16" barrel |
1751 | 1524 | 1387 | 1385 | 1317 | 1227 | 1348 | 1270 | 1086 | 1391 |
Beretta Cx4 Storm 16" barrel |
1751 | 1489 | 1354 | 1345 | 1287 | 1188 | 1316 | 1252 | 1049 | 1354 |
DSA TP-9 6" barrel |
1516 | n/a | 1273 | n/a | 1157 | 1092 | n/a | 1135 | 1001 | n/a |
Sig P210 Target 6" barrel |
1561 | 1415 | 1307 | 1306 | 1193 | 1136 | 1263 | 1178 | 1037 | 1292 |
Kimber Target II 1911 5" barrel |
1565 | 1411 | 1314 | 1327 | 1181 | 1137 | 1262 | 1173 | 1027 | 1279 |
Korth semi-auto 5" barrel |
1451 | 1312 | 1235 | 1250 | 1125 | 1062 | n/a | 1110 | 962 | 1194 |
Beretta 92 FS 4.875" barrel |
1522 | 1384 | 1291 | 1280 | 1171 | 1093 | 1234 | 1115 | 989 | 1251 |
Steyr S9 3.6" barrel |
1410 | 1301 | 1178 | 1225 | 1064 | 1027 | 1108 | 1035 | 931 | 1152 |
Para LDA Carry 9 3" barrel |
1389 | 1281 | 1198 | 1204 | 1075 | 1035 | 1129 | 1071 | 933 | 1142 |
Rohrbach R9 2.9" barrel |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 949 | 885 | 985 | 927 | 813 | n/a |