223 55 Grain Bullet Drop

223 rem 55 gr v max.

223 55 grain bullet drop. Use this ballistic calculator in order to calculate the flight path of a bullet given the shooting parameters that meet your conditions. It will a produce a line graph showing the bullet drop and flight path of the bullet. Buffalo bore ammunition ballistics.

25 yard zero i don t care at all for sighting in at 25 yards. On a 223 ar you lose about 50 fps for every inch of barrel you take off. With a zero of 100 yards the 223 5 56 round will impact approx 3 4 low at 50 yards and around 2 25 low at 200 yards.

Exit wounds on medium game are often as wide as 3. This is a 223 ballistics chart external generated using our ballistic trajectory calculator. The popular advice is to sight your 223 ar at 50 yards and you will be zeroed in at 200 yards as well.

Round type weight muzzle energy ft lb muzzle velocity ft sec. Based off a standard 55gr bullet leaving the barrel at 3 215fps and follows the bullet trajectry all the way to 1000 yards in steps of 50 yard increments. This can be useful in comparing cartridges or loads.

By adding trajectories to the panel on the right you may produce charts and graphs that show the different trajectories side by side. The tumbling 55 grain bullet is truly violent and fast killing and is the most effective medium game hunting load for the 223. Polymer tipped v max bullets deliver match accuracy high ballistic coefficients wind defying trajectories and rapid fragmentation upon contact.

223 rem 55 gr v max item 8327 20 box hornady varmint express ammunition is designed around the hard hitting performance of our famous v max bullet. This strategy does not provide much of an advantage unless longer range shooting is planned. The charting shows the range drop based off a 1 5 scope mount current velocity energy and time in seconds in relation to the bullets movement through space and time.

This calculator will produce a ballistic trajectory chart that shows the bullet drop bullet energy windage and velocity. Slightly different trajectory than the 55 grain but not much unless you are shooting hogs really far away. Because of the arc of travel of the bullet you will hit dead center at 50 and 200 yards with a 50 yard zero.

The typical test length for barrels can be 24 inches so if you are using a 16 inch barrel carbine you need to deduct about 400 fps. When zeroed at 25 yards the round will also be zeroed at 300 yards.