Custom Guns, by Verne Trester, gunsmith, Indianapolis.

Bullet Energy Calculator

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(Written in Javascript.)


Formula used:
Energy = .5 * weight * velocity^2 / 7000 / 32.175

Where weight is in grains, and velocity is in feet/second.

7000 is grains per pound, and 32.175 is acceleration due to gravity.

It can be re-written:
Energy = weight * velocity^2 / 450450

Questions/comments: yahoo, user: custom_guns


Bullet
Weight
(grains)		 Velocity
(feet/sec)		 Energy
(ft-lbs)
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