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Hornady Frontier 125gr FMJ

Drawing of the Hornady Frontier 125gr FMJ bullet
Cartridge
.300 AAC Blackout
Bullet weight
8.10 g
Reference velocity
671 m/s
Muzzle energy
1823 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
Frontier
Maker
Hornady
Country of origin
United States
Introduced
2015
Military load
No
Widely available
Yes

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
FMJ
Cartridge
.300 AAC Blackout
Bullet diameter
7.82 mm
Bullet weight
8.1 g (125.0 gr)
Sectional density
0.188
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.393
Reference velocity
671 m/s (2201 ft/s)
Reference barrel
406 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.18

Ballistics

Downrange, solved

Solved at the reference barrel of 406 mm from the G1 coefficient and the load's velocity retention. A different barrel gives a different curve.

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0 m671 m/s

0175350525700377 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
1823 J
Effective range
377 m
Momentum
5.44 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
11.8
Hatcher relative stopping power
86
Energy density
3998.5 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 m671 m/s1823 J0 cm0 s1.96
50 m650 m/s1713 J2.8 cm0.076 s1.90
100 m630 m/s1607 J11.6 cm0.154 s1.84
200 m589 m/s1405 J49.6 cm0.318 s1.72
300 m548 m/s1218 J119.6 cm0.494 s1.60
400 m508 m/s1045 J229 cm0.683 s1.48
500 m467 m/s884 J387.2 cm0.888 s1.36
600 m426 m/s737 J607 cm1.112 s1.24
800 m344 m/s478 J1309.4 cm1.634 s1.00
1000 m290 m/s340 J2537.5 cm2.274 s0.84

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/hornady-125-fmj' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'