What Does Ammo Grain Weight Mean And Why Does It Matter?
What Does Ammo Grain Weight Mean And Why Does It Matter?
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0:00 What Does Ammo Grain Weight Mean And Why Does It Matter?
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1:03 What is a Grain?
1:51 Why Does Grain Weight Matter?
4:40 Long Range Shooting and Grains
6:07 Types of Bullet Shapes
7:04 Pistol Caliber & Grains
9:25 Suppression & Grains
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15:45 What is the Perfect Twist Rate and Grain?
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kinda underplaying the power of speed by saying to basically go heavier. speed of the bullet also effects energy on target. as long as the bullet is impacting at over 2200 fps though go as heavy as you can. 2200 fps is that magic number where the would cavity from the bullet impact actually damages the organs. studies have shown that under 2200 fps that the organs will expand but come back into place without really any damage from that expansion. once it hits 2200 fps is when the organs start to damage.
I dunno I’m pretty sure most people don’t walk away from a 55gr 🤣
Yes but velocity is what will carry the blastics better and penatrate armor. Most armor can’t handle a bullet traveling over 3400ft/sec.
Thanks for the info. 200-300 yards isn’t close quarters though.
heavier hits harder and is only more accurate in the right conditions and less in others. depending on range, humidity, wind (shooter) and of course hardware.
The let me show off my special rifle and chat about a random topic
I have to apologize to all the coyotes I’ve shot at over 400 yds with a 55 gr bullet.. I should have used heavier 😬
Hear me out… Custom Krieger Barrel, 7 inches, 1 in 9 twist, 77 grain rounds.
I prefer the M855 62g’s ability to penetrate bone easily. They tend to fragment and leave a large cavity on the other side, but you HAVE to hit bone. Otherwise, they pass right through like a needle. Works great on feral hog heads.
I believe 15.5 grains = 1 gram.
Would love to see some long range material and how 2 videos.
55g with 16" barrel… Yes, nice. That’s is the sweet spot. For sure, a heavier grain with longer barrel is muchore desirable
"A grain is the smallest measurement of mass"
God damn I love America, we literally pretend like the metric system doesn’t exist…
Despite half our ammo being measured in millimeters…
Pound is a measure of force under gravity. If grains is a division of pounds, then it does not measure mass.
Why would you use an AR with an 18 inch barrel with a 1 in 7 as your choice for this video? It may be your preferred rifle, but it probably makes up 10 percent of the AR population. Old military rifles are 20 inch and the most popular today is 16 inch. Then you focus on how your heavy bullet is best for YOUR rifle and how the 55 grain will wobble coming out of it. Well for the rest of the worlds population of mainly 55 grain, how bout telling us what twist and barrel length would be best for the lighter round and at what distances? Very frustrating to watch this video expecting to get SOMETHING out of it.
Can you shoot a curve like in the movies by swinging your pistol across the target? Mythbusters moment👀👀👀
“55 grain is only good for mag dumps”
“Under 500 yards there’s not a difference”
Bruh. Get it together
The only difference I’ve found, at 200 yards, my point of impact drops around 1/4 inch from 55 gr to 77 gr. 18” 1/8 twist
My god another YouTube idiot a 22 will kill what the he’ll is he talking about
What scope do you have on your rifle
The 55gr FMJ ball ammo is what I’ve been stacking and most available in the market. The only time I’ve seen 62 gr or higher in hollow point are the reloaders, those guys have the best ammo.
Any opinion on .45 grain for a 5" 1911?
I’ve got a couple boxes of 185gr and 230gr and honestly I can’t tell much of a difference between the two besides slightly more kick on the 230gr.
You are wrong 55 grain FM J at the right velocity is a great self-defense ammo
"Does grain weight matter?" Short answer: Not really. Long answer: Only so far as to tell you how much weight you are carrying with a full load out.
What matters far more in the bullet is the amount of surface that will bear on the rifling, the shape of the bullet, the weight distribution in the bullet, and the material composition of the bullet.
Example: The M856 Tracer round has a bullet weighing in at about 63 grains, however because the tracer compound is lighter than the core of an m855 bullet the M856 has to be made with a long bearing surface, thus necessitating the 1 in 7.78 twist barrels for stabilization.
Example: The MK262 Round was developed by Black Hills Ammunition to go with the Special Purpose Receiver. The SPR shared the barrel spec of Douglas SS 1 in 7.00" twist, 18" long, Rifle length gas, 1/2" x 28 T.P.I. It was discovered after the fact that the MK262 was effective out of the Mk18 CQBR with a 10.3" 1 in 7.78" twist barrel.
7:23 holy gas.
Good video for the uninitiated but we are initiated aren’t we ? 11Bravo out.
The more important question is. Which grain weight would you want to be shot with?
Answer – none
YES LONG RANGE. get the reaper.
With my AR-15 what is the grain that I should use in SHTF ?
#GrainsAllMatter
So, if you clicked on a video with the title "What Does Ammo Grain Weight Mean …", and you thought he was going to be talking about "grains of sand", get the fuck out of here with that nonsense. Absolutely not. He has no intention of it. In fact, if you thought he was going to talk about "grains of wheat", you beat feet, too. This video isn’t for you. You need to go find another video, where they talk about wheat, and not firearms and ammunition. This video is only for those of us capable of reading the title and understanding that "grain" is referring to "Ammo Grain Weight". Thankfully, he explains this for everyone, just in case you read this comment, still don’t grasp what’s going on here, and managed to make it 2 minutes into an 18 minute video, at which point we still aren’t hearing discussion about ammunition grain. Don’t act like you weren’t warned.
I like to shoot candy corn out of my rifles this time of year. Since ammo in expensive and scare combined with the fact it’s the only candy left in the dish. I seized this opportunity.
Accuracy is important but so is terminal effect. X193 55gr performs better in soft tissue than 62gr.
In the beginning you say 55gr isn’t good for much except mag dumping. 55gr is good for a lot, even a home defense situation
So inside 300yds doesn’t seem to really matter then.
that 62 gr out of the 18 inch is a beast..
I want an 18-20 inch barrel but I don’t want a goofy looking rail being super long with the barrel
Without a doubt, 62 grain is dead ball accurate in a 7 twist 16 inch barrel. 9mm 147 dead ball accurate with less recoil. Still working on 6.5 Creedmoor, 143 isn’t bad.
Yeeeeessss, i what longrange
Do twist rates on some Old Antique rifles? Mosin back to 1930’s?
68gr BTHP
Video idea for your second channel. Guess the grains
Should’ve busted out the 300BLK
How come on on rails for 18-20 inch barrel the rail end just a couple inches before the end of the barrel ? Wouldn’t that leave the end prone to damage ?
You are not explaining why you have these different weights in the first place! And the proper set up for them!
55 grain on a 20 inch barrel is crazy
Star Wars reference?!
Bro idk bullet go zoom.
I want that ump on the wall..
I would love to see a long rang guy come in. Scott Blagg is one of the best I know.
A grain is actually not that small as a unit of mass, a milligram is smaller. 1/7000 equals 0.0001428 lbs or 65 milligrams (mg). If we had converted to the metric system bullets would likely be expressed in grams not grains (gr). I work out a 55grain bullet is 3.56 grams