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Broadhead Co. has an effective range "that I will shoot out to 45yrds. @319 f.p.s."
Crossbow broadheads 2009
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Broadhead Co. has an effective range "that I will shoot out to 45yrds. @319 f.p.s."
Crossbow broadheads 2009
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Does not some guys out in Texas, Fefuson if I remember the name correctly, claim to make a .25 cal. that will push a 100 grain bullet over 4000 f.p.s. with less than 1/2 m.o.a.?
When you push bullets above 4,000 fps, strange things happen 2006
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The most that happens is that some pieces of metal get driven into the dirt at 1800 f.p.s.
Should a 10-year-old be permitted to go hunting? Ann Althouse 2008
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The Carlton International credit tips off the fact that the source materials were recorded in PAL 25 frames per second, and the 24 f.p.s.
Archive 2006-09-17 2006
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The Carlton International credit tips off the fact that the source materials were recorded in PAL 25 frames per second, and the 24 f.p.s.
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Gives seven-fifty f.p.s. from a standard air gun, and 'ardly makes any noise at all.
Modesty Blaise O'Donnell, P. 1965
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Full Metal Jacket, Muzzle Velocity (f.p.s.) = 1190
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Full Metal Jacket, Muzzle Velocity (f.p.s.) = 1190
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The "new," or original, 9mm Luger, so far as I can determine, utilized an 115 gr. bullet with a truncated cone at a velocity of 1,200 feet per second (f.p.s.).
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