.22 what makes it faster?

Question

What makes a .22 faster? i dont know if the word am looking for is faster

what make a .22 round faster? i keep finding .22 32gr to 60gr
is 60gr faster or slower?

and if 60gr is faster then why is a stinger only 32gr? am told stingers are the best faster harder hitting but why are they only 32gr??

Answer 1

The grains refer to the WEIGHT of the bullet and not its speed. Of course, the lighter the bullet is, the faster it will go with an equil amount of powder. So, Stinger uses a light bullet because it will go faster than a heay bullet with the same amount of powder.

One thing to keep in mind is that faster is not the only thing you should consider. You want accuracy. An inaccurate fast bullet is not nearly as much good to you as a slower but more accurate bullet. How do you know which is best for your gun. You have to buy a variety of boxes of .22 ammo and shoot them to see which ammo your partcular gun likes best. Believe it or not, guns differ on which ammo they will shoot well. Even two guns of the same make and model can like different ammo. Just because your buddy's gun shoots a particular ammo well doesn't necessarily mean that your gun will shoot it well. I don't know why it is that way, but it is. Just ask any gunsmith.

Answer 2

If both have optimal chamber pressure, a 32 grain bullet will fly faster than a 60 grain bullet. The lighter bullet will be moving faster with the same amount of energy as a heavy bullet. That's why the new .17 rounds are so fast, but have a small amount of energy. The smaller diameter allows manufacturers to make bullets even lighter and faster.

Answer 3

You're on a date and you run out of gas. You have a choice between pushing your pop's old Caddie back to town or your own Beetle. Which do you reckon will get you home first?

The kinetic energy is basically the same concept. Smaller but faster adds energy faster than heavier but slower. For example, a 10kg mass moving at 100mph has 50,000joules of kinetic energy....while a 5kg mass moving at 150mph has 56,250 joules of kinetic energy. When you increase the *mass* of the projectile ie make it bigger, you simply increase the resulting kinetic energy by as much. A 20kg mass has twice as much energy as a 10kg mass moving at the same speed. But if you increase the *velocity*, you multiply by four. "Faster" adds more energy than "bigger" does.

I hope that made some sort of sense.

Answer 4

Lighter weight bullet with equal powder will have a higher velocity (faster) than a heavier bullet

Answer 5

It depends what you mean it is faster than. It could be that it is a lighter bullet, it could be it has a larger powder charge, it could be almost anything.

Answer 6

Assuming the same load, mv=mv. Higher mass, lower velocity. Lower mass, higher velocity.

Unless you change the amount of powder in the casing, in which case, anything goes.