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Buffalo Bore Heavy 220gr Hard Cast

Drawing of the Buffalo Bore Heavy 220gr Hard Cast bullet
Cartridge
10mm Auto
Bullet weight
14.26 g
Reference velocity
366 m/s
Muzzle energy
955 J

Specification

The load, and the figures its drawing is made from

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IdentityWho makes it, and what it is for.

Designation
21A
Maker
Buffalo Bore
Country of origin
United States
Introduced
2005
Military load
No
Widely available
No

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
Hard Cast LFN
Cartridge
10mm Auto
Bullet diameter
10.16 mm
Bullet weight
14.26 g (220.1 gr)
Sectional density
0.197
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.158
Reference velocity
366 m/s (1201 ft/s)
Reference barrel
127 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.24

Ballistics

Downrange, solved

Solved at the reference barrel of 127 mm from the G1 coefficient and the load's velocity retention. A different barrel gives a different curve.

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0 m366 m/s

0100200300400189 m0501002003004005006008001000

At the muzzle

What leaves the barrel

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MuzzleThe solver’s figures at the reference barrel, where the curve starts.

Muzzle energy
955 J
Effective range
189 m
Momentum
5.22 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
11.3
Hatcher relative stopping power
45
Energy density
2094.4 J/cm²

Downrange

Point by point

The same solution as the chart, at each distance the solver reports.

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DistanceVelocityEnergyDropTime of flightMach
0 m366 m/s955 J0 cm0 s1.07
50 m319 m/s726 J10.6 cm0.147 s0.93
100 m291 m/s603 J47.6 cm0.311 s0.85
200 m253 m/s457 J227.6 cm0.681 s0.74
300 m224 m/s358 J595.4 cm1.102 s0.65
400 m200 m/s284 J1217.3 cm1.575 s0.58
500 m179 m/s227 J2174 cm2.105 s0.52
600 m160 m/s182 J3570.3 cm2.698 s0.47
800 m127 m/s114 J8271.4 cm4.106 s0.37
1000 m100 m/s71 J17013 cm5.889 s0.29

API

The call that returns this record

The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.

curl --request GET \  --url 'https://api.gunspec.io/v1/ammunition/buffalo-bore-220-hardcast' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'