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Hornady Critical Duty 175gr FlexLock

Drawing of the Hornady Critical Duty 175gr FlexLock bullet
Cartridge
.40 S&W
Bullet weight
11.34 g
Reference velocity
308 m/s
Muzzle energy
538 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
91380
Maker
Hornady
Country of origin
United States
Introduced
2011
Military load
No
Widely available
Yes

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
FlexLock
Cartridge
.40 S&W
Bullet diameter
10.16 mm
Bullet weight
11.34 g (175.0 gr)
Sectional density
0.156
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.13
Ballistic coefficient (G7)
0.066
Reference velocity
308 m/s (1010 ft/s)
Reference barrel
102 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.27

Ballistics

Downrange, solved

Solved at the reference barrel of 102 mm from the G1 coefficient and the load's velocity retention. A different barrel gives a different curve.

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0 m308 m/s

0100200300400169 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
538 J
Effective range
169 m
Momentum
3.49 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
7.6
Hatcher relative stopping power
29
Energy density
1179.5 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 m308 m/s538 J0 cm0 s0.90
50 m282 m/s451 J14.2 cm0.17 s0.82
100 m260 m/s383 J61.7 cm0.355 s0.76
200 m222 m/s279 J292.2 cm0.772 s0.65
300 m189 m/s203 J779.2 cm1.26 s0.55
400 m162 m/s148 J1646.8 cm1.832 s0.47
500 m138 m/s108 J3070.2 cm2.502 s0.40
600 m118 m/s79 J5295 cm3.286 s0.34
800 m86 m/s42 J13659.9 cm5.277 s0.25
1000 m63 m/s22 J31444.1 cm8.007 s0.18

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-critical-duty-175' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'