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ADI World Class 165gr GameKing

Drawing of the ADI World Class 165gr GameKing bullet
Cartridge
7.62x51mm NATO
Bullet weight
10.69 g
Reference velocity
856 m/s
Muzzle energy
3916 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
ADI308165SGK
Maker
ADI (Thales)
Country of origin
Australia
Introduced
1995
Military load
No
Widely available
Yes

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
SBT
Cartridge
7.62x51mm NATO
Bullet diameter
7.82 mm
Bullet weight
10.69 g (165.0 gr)
Sectional density
0.248
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.404
Reference velocity
856 m/s (2808 ft/s)
Reference barrel
610 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.16

Ballistics

Downrange, solved

Solved at the reference barrel of 610 mm from the G1 coefficient and the load's velocity retention. A different barrel gives a different curve.

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0 m856 m/s

0225450675900480 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
3916 J
Effective range
480 m
Momentum
9.15 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
20.4
Hatcher relative stopping power
194
Energy density
8154.4 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 m856 m/s3916 J0 cm0 s2.50
50 m835 m/s3728 J1.7 cm0.059 s2.43
100 m814 m/s3545 J7 cm0.12 s2.37
200 m773 m/s3195 J29.6 cm0.246 s2.25
300 m732 m/s2866 J70.3 cm0.379 s2.13
400 m692 m/s2558 J132.2 cm0.519 s2.02
500 m652 m/s2270 J218.9 cm0.668 s1.90
600 m612 m/s2001 J335 cm0.826 s1.78
800 m533 m/s1517 J678.9 cm1.176 s1.55
1000 m454 m/s1101 J1228.8 cm1.583 s1.32

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/adi-gameking-165' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'