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1. #Accuracy of .38 special vs 9mm handgun at 50 yards manuals
2. #Accuracy of .38 special vs 9mm handgun at 50 yards trial

#Accuracy of .38 special vs 9mm handgun at 50 yards manuals

The following data was taken from various sources including reloading manuals and the online Ballistics Calculator provided by BigGameInfo. For the record, this table was calculated for an air temperature of 60 degrees F and an altitude of 1000 feet. While environmental factors such as altitude and ambient air temperature affect trajectory, their effect is relatively minor. All trajectory figures are rounded off to one decimal place. However, 0.8 inches is a reasonable average for iron sights. If your sights are not 0.8 inches over the bore your trajectory will vary from those given below. All trajectories were calculated for a handgun using iron sights 0.8 inches above the bore axis of the barrel. Most of the loads below are similar to popular factory loads for the selected cartridges. The Maximum Point Blank Range (MPBR), which is shown in the last column of the table below, is the distance at which the bullet falls 3 inches below the line of sight. A maximum rise of 3 inches is appropriate for hunting the smaller species of big game, and also for self defense purposes. In ballistics catalogs the point of maximum bullet rise is often called the mid-range trajectory (MRT), or sometimes the maximum ordinate. This trajectory table can also serve as a comparative tool, allowing the reader to compare the trajectories of different cartridges or loads. So after sighting-in, always check your gun at various ranges to see how close its trajectory comes to the published data. Of course, no trajectory table can possibly cover all loads for all calibers in all handguns.

#Accuracy of .38 special vs 9mm handgun at 50 yards trial

Used as such it can save a lot of trial and error experimentation. The table below is designed to serve as a starting point from which a shooter can work. Of course, the actual distance the bullet should hit above the point of aim at, say, 25 yards varies with the individual caliber and load. This system maximizes the distance in which no "hold over" is necessary. Sighting-in a pistol to hit a certain number of inches high at 25, 50, or 100 yards (or meters) maximizes the point blank range of the gun and cartridge and is superior to zeroing at a fixed distance. In order to hit a distant target a handgun must be correctly sighted-in, and to accomplish that the shooter must have some working knowledge of the bullet's trajectory.