Pistol muzzle velocity for 10m target shooting.

[Frog]

Hi,

you need around 400fps to get a clean hole - above that what ever is most accurate for yo and your pistol...

Frog

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

My Fwb lp80 does 430 FPS.

I asked Dave mercer if this was a little low and he said not at all.

It shoots well and makes very clean holes.

[nige346]

Hi,

you need around 400fps to get a clean hole - above that what ever is most accurate for yo and your pistol...

Frog

Exactly this, The power most suited will depend on the pistol and pellet combination, I normally lock in a clamp and adjust until I get the best single hole from 10 shots, Only then do I check the power to simply record as a reference, Realistically I make very little difference as I am unable to shoot the same group freehand but it's nice to know the pistol is as good as it can be and any errors are undoubtedly mine

[harvey_s]

Around 500 fps is the accepted norm before muzzle flip due the 'jet' effect of accompanying air starts to make its presence felt.
Anti-recoil devices and effective compensators may allow a little more, but not much.
I would of thought the difference between 450 fps and 500 fps is extremely small and unlikely to be exploitable except by a select few.

[I. J.]

Thank you for your replies.

I have upped the f.p.s. of my pistol to 500 without any loss of accuracy or muzzle flip. A couple of our club members shots their PCP pistols (not springer or ssp) over the club chrono tonight and the fps varied from one doing 390 (which was increased) to another doing 550 . So 500 fps seems about average.

ATB
Ian

[mikec4]

My Pardini K12 was 470 470 471 470 470 over a 5 shot string last night.

Like every pistol I've ever owned, Walther GSP, Hammerli 230, Toz 35 free pistol, Morini 162 etc, etc, it's much more accurate than I can hope to achieve standing and shooting one handed.

Just concentrate on follow through Ian; the house brick is only resting.....

[I. J.]

My Pardini K12 was 470 470 471 470 470 over a 5 shot string last night.

Like every pistol I've ever owned, Walther GSP, Hammerli 230, Toz 35 free pistol, Morini 162 etc, etc, it's much more accurate than I can hope to achieve standing and shooting one handed.

Just concentrate on follow through Ian; the house brick is only resting.....

My follow through is now t h a t l o n g I was half way home last night before I lowered my pistol.

Im now sponsored by NORI.

[Inspector 71]

My follow through is now t h a t l o n g I was half way home last night before I lowered my pistol.

Not sure the local constabulary would be happy about that