rauchman
Member
Greetings,
In lurking on this and other boards, I'm surprised to come across info where ammo companies had FPS data on really old cartridges. How, for example, did they measure the FPS of a .45 Long Colt in the 1880's? With radar and lasers today, it is easily understandable how to calculate this type of data. However, without lasers and radiosignals, how did they figure this out way back when?
Ken
In lurking on this and other boards, I'm surprised to come across info where ammo companies had FPS data on really old cartridges. How, for example, did they measure the FPS of a .45 Long Colt in the 1880's? With radar and lasers today, it is easily understandable how to calculate this type of data. However, without lasers and radiosignals, how did they figure this out way back when?
Ken