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old bear · October 11, 2012, 04:08 AM

As a general rule of thumb, for revolvers, you will loose 50 FPS for every inch the barrel is shortened. Therefore if a 1,000 FPS is still the Minimum standard for bullet expansion you would want a round that is traveling at least 1,200 FPS from a 6" barrel.

October 11, 2012, 04:08 AM	#19
old bear Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2009 Location: Not close enough to the beach Posts: 1,477	As a general rule of thumb, for revolvers, you will loose 50 FPS for every inch the barrel is shortened. Therefore if a 1,000 FPS is still the Minimum standard for bullet expansion you would want a round that is traveling at least 1,200 FPS from a 6" barrel.