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WARNING: Table produced by not verified Ballistics Calculations! Check results
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directly or indirectly, serious injury to personnel and material. No responsibi-
lity is implied and THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE DATA.
QuickLOAD© V.3.3 Interior BallisticsV.3.3 #531085
© Copyright 1987-2008 - H.Broemel, Babenhausen, Germany
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Case capacity and propellant properties may vary considerably from lot to lot!
**** Input data: Date: 6-Jun-2010 Time: 17:19:53
Cartridge................. = .357 Magnum (SAAMI)
Projectile type........... = .357, 180, Hornady HP/XTP 35771 with flatbase
Max.avg.pressure(Piezo SAA)= 35000 psi Shot start / init pressure = 2176 psi
Projectile weight (gr)= 180 Groove caliber (in)= 0.357
Length of cartridge (in)= 1.590 Length of case (in)= 1.290
Case capacity(Grains Water)= 25.60 Length of projectile (in)= 0.795
Length of barrel (in)= 16.500
**** Values calculated:
Seating depth (in)= 0.495 Volume displaced (gn H2O)= 12.53
Comb.chamber volume(gn H2O)= 13.07 Projectile travel (in)= 15.705
**** Input data:
Propellant type........... = Alliant RED DOT
Charge weight..........(gr)= 4.7 Load density......(g/cu.cm)= 0.359
Heat of Explosion (cal/lb)= 491649 Ratio of spec. heats cp/cv = 1.219
Solid density (gr/cu.in)= 414.7 Weighting factor...........= 0.8
Burning rate factor Ba(1/s)= 3.423 Pro-/degressivity factor a = 6.689
Burning limit ......... z1 = 0.2 Combust.Chamber Vb(ft³)= 2.996404E-5
Factor.................. b = 1.884 X-S.Area of Bore A(ft²)= 6.735199E-4
Bulk density (gr/cu.in)= 115.8 Projectile mass mp (lb)= 2.571429E-2
Loading ratio (%)= 78.4 Projectile travel x(ft)= 1.308727E+0
**** Results calculated:
Maximum pressure ........ = 34912 psi Way of projectile at Pmax = 0.22 in
Muzzle velocity ......Ve = 928 fps Muzzle pressure .......Pe = 796 psi
Project. energy at muzzle = 344 ft.lbs Fraction of powder burnt = 100 %
Projectile travel time from 10% Pmax to muzzle = 1.57 ms
WARNING: Near Maximum Average Pressure - tolerances can cause dangerous pressures !
Real maximum of pressure inside barrel.
End of combustion before the projectile passes muzzle.
Table of progress of computed firing process:
NR.: x(in) z (%) v (fps) p (psi) t (ms)
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0 0.000 3.28 0.0 2176 0.0000
1 0.000 3.42 0.6 2270 0.0009
2 0.000 3.57 1.3 2365 0.0032
3 0.000 3.78 2.2 2507 0.0062
4 0.000 4.03 3.3 2672 0.0098
5 0.000 4.35 4.7 2884 0.0142
6 0.001 4.77 6.5 3153 0.0192
7 0.001 5.29 8.7 3491 0.0247
8 0.002 5.90 11.4 3891 0.0307
9 0.003 6.66 14.5 4375 0.0370
10 0.004 7.57 18.2 4956 0.0437
11 0.006 8.67 22.6 5651 0.0507
12 0.008 10.01 27.8 6482 0.0578
13 0.011 11.62 33.8 7472 0.0651
14 0.014 13.57 40.9 8651 0.0725
15 0.018 15.94 49.3 10058 0.0800
16 0.023 18.82 58.9 11725 0.0874
17 0.029 22.32 70.2 13707 0.0948
18 0.033 24.89 78.1 15135 0.0995
19 0.036 26.39 82.7 15929 0.1025
20 0.039 27.87 87.2 16703 0.1054
21 0.042 29.33 91.8 17459 0.1082
22 0.045 30.78 96.3 18195 0.1107
23 0.048 32.22 100.9 18913 0.1132
24 0.050 33.64 105.4 19613 0.1155
25 0.053 35.04 110.0 20294 0.1178
26 0.056 36.43 114.5 20957 0.1199
27 0.059 37.80 119.1 21602 0.1220
28 0.062 39.16 123.6 22230 0.1240
29 0.065 40.51 128.2 22840 0.1259
30 0.068 41.84 132.7 23432 0.1278
31 0.071 43.15 137.3 24008 0.1296
32 0.074 44.45 141.8 24567 0.1313
33 0.077 45.74 146.4 25109 0.1330
34 0.080 47.00 150.9 25634 0.1347
35 0.083 48.26 155.5 26143 0.1363
36 0.086 49.50 160.0 26636 0.1379
37 0.089 50.72 164.6 27112 0.1395
38 0.092 51.93 169.1 27573 0.1410
39 0.095 53.13 173.7 28018 0.1425
40 0.098 54.30 178.2 28447 0.1440
41 0.101 55.47 182.8 28861 0.1454
42 0.104 56.62 187.3 29260 0.1468
43 0.107 57.75 191.9 29644 0.1482
44 0.111 58.87 196.4 30012 0.1496
45 0.114 59.97 201.0 30367 0.1510
46 0.117 61.06 205.5 30706 0.1523
47 0.120 62.14 210.1 31031 0.1536
48 0.124 63.20 214.6 31342 0.1549
49 0.127 64.24 219.2 31638 0.1562
50 0.130 65.27 223.7 31921 0.1575
51 0.134 66.28 228.3 32189 0.1587
52 0.137 67.28 232.8 32445 0.1600
53 0.141 68.27 237.4 32686 0.1612
54 0.144 69.23 241.9 32914 0.1625
55 0.148 70.19 246.5 33129 0.1637
56 0.152 71.13 251.0 33331 0.1649
57 0.155 72.05 255.6 33520 0.1661
58 0.159 72.96 260.1 33697 0.1673
59 0.163 73.85 264.7 33860 0.1685
60 0.166 74.73 269.2 34011 0.1696
61 0.170 75.60 273.8 34150 0.1708
62 0.174 76.44 278.3 34277 0.1720
63 0.178 77.28 282.9 34392 0.1731
64 0.182 78.10 287.4 34495 0.1743
65 0.186 78.90 292.0 34586 0.1754
66 0.190 79.69 296.5 34666 0.1766
67 0.194 80.46 301.1 34734 0.1777
68 0.198 81.22 305.6 34791 0.1789
69 0.202 81.96 310.2 34837 0.1800
70 0.207 82.69 314.7 34872 0.1811
71 0.211 83.41 319.2 34896 0.1823
72 0.215 84.10 323.8 34909 0.1834
73 0.217 84.45 326.1 34912 0.1840
74 0.218 84.53 326.6 34912 0.1841
75 0.218 84.58 326.9 34912 0.1842
76 0.219 84.62 327.2 34912 0.1842
77 0.219 84.66 327.5 34912 0.1843
78 0.223 85.33 332.0 34907 0.1854
79 0.228 85.99 336.6 34891 0.1866
80 0.232 86.63 341.1 34865 0.1877
81 0.237 87.25 345.7 34829 0.1888
82 0.242 87.87 350.2 34783 0.1900
83 0.247 88.46 354.8 34727 0.1911
84 0.251 89.04 359.3 34662 0.1922
85 0.256 89.61 363.9 34588 0.1933
86 0.261 90.16 368.4 34504 0.1945
87 0.266 90.70 373.0 34412 0.1956
88 0.271 91.22 377.5 34310 0.1967
89 0.277 91.72 382.1 34199 0.1979
90 0.282 92.21 386.6 34080 0.1990
91 0.287 92.69 391.2 33953 0.2002
92 0.293 93.15 395.7 33817 0.2013
93 0.298 93.60 400.3 33672 0.2025
94 0.304 94.03 404.8 33520 0.2036
95 0.309 94.44 409.4 33360 0.2048
96 0.315 94.84 413.9 33191 0.2060
97 0.321 95.23 418.5 33016 0.2071
98 0.327 95.60 423.0 32832 0.2083
99 0.333 95.96 427.6 32642 0.2095
100 0.339 96.30 432.1 32444 0.2107
101 0.346 96.62 436.7 32239 0.2119
102 0.352 96.93 441.2 32027 0.2131
103 0.358 97.23 445.8 31808 0.2143
104 0.365 97.51 450.3 31583 0.2155
105 0.372 97.78 454.9 31351 0.2168
106 0.378 98.03 459.4 31113 0.2180
107 0.385 98.26 464.0 30869 0.2192
108 0.392 98.48 468.5 30618 0.2205
109 0.399 98.69 473.1 30362 0.2218
110 0.407 98.88 477.6 30100 0.2230
111 0.414 99.06 482.2 29832 0.2243
112 0.422 99.22 486.7 29559 0.2256
113 0.429 99.36 491.3 29280 0.2269
114 0.437 99.49 495.8 28996 0.2283
115 0.445 99.61 500.4 28707 0.2296
116 0.453 99.71 504.9 28414 0.2309
117 0.461 99.79 509.5 28115 0.2323
118 0.470 99.86 514.0 27812 0.2337
119 0.478 99.92 518.6 27504 0.2350
120 0.487 99.96 523.1 27192 0.2364
121 0.496 99.98 527.7 26876 0.2379
122 0.505 99.99 532.2 26556 0.2393
123 0.507 100.00 533.1 26496 0.2396
124 0.821 100.00 649.5 18547 0.2838
125 1.135 100.00 722.7 14080 0.3220
126 1.449 100.00 775.0 11247 0.3569
127 1.763 100.00 815.0 9304 0.3899
128 2.077 100.00 847.1 7897 0.4214
129 2.392 100.00 873.6 6834 0.4518
130 2.706 100.00 896.0 6005 0.4814
131 3.020 100.00 915.3 5343 0.5103
132 3.334 100.00 931.8 4803 0.5386
133 3.648 100.00 946.2 4354 0.5665
134 3.962 100.00 958.4 3977 0.5940
135 4.276 100.00 968.8 3655 0.6211
136 4.590 100.00 977.3 3377 0.6480
137 4.904 100.00 984.0 3136 0.6747
138 5.218 100.00 989.0 2924 0.7013
139 5.533 100.00 992.4 2737 0.7277
140 5.847 100.00 994.6 2571 0.7540
141 6.161 100.00 995.5 2422 0.7803
142 6.475 100.00 996.1 2288 0.8066
143 6.789 100.00 996.3 2167 0.8329
144 7.103 100.00 996.2 2057 0.8592
145 7.417 100.00 995.8 1957 0.8854
146 7.731 100.00 995.1 1865 0.9117
147 8.045 100.00 994.2 1781 0.9380
148 8.359 100.00 993.1 1704 0.9644
149 8.673 100.00 991.7 1633 0.9908
150 8.988 100.00 990.2 1566 1.0172
151 9.302 100.00 988.5 1505 1.0436
152 9.616 100.00 986.6 1448 1.0701
153 9.930 100.00 984.6 1394 1.0967
154 10.244 100.00 982.4 1344 1.1233
155 10.558 100.00 980.1 1298 1.1500
156 10.872 100.00 977.7 1254 1.1767
157 11.186 100.00 975.1 1212 1.2035
158 11.500 100.00 972.5 1174 1.2304
159 11.814 100.00 969.7 1137 1.2574
160 12.128 100.00 966.8 1102 1.2844
161 12.443 100.00 963.8 1070 1.3115
162 12.757 100.00 960.7 1039 1.3387
163 13.071 100.00 957.6 1009 1.3660
164 13.385 100.00 954.3 981 1.3934
165 13.699 100.00 951.0 955 1.4209
166 14.013 100.00 947.5 929 1.4484
167 14.327 100.00 944.0 905 1.4761
168 14.641 100.00 940.4 882 1.5039
169 14.955 100.00 936.8 860 1.5318
170 15.269 100.00 933.1 840 1.5598
171 15.584 100.00 929.3 819 1.5879
172 15.705 100.00 927.8 812 1.5988
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