What is the flatest-shooting pistol caliber?

[tweakkkk]

.224 BOZ --- period.

Close behind:

- 4.6x30mm HK (the weapons aren't for sale yet, but I've seen the ammo)

- 5.7x28mm FN

- Hotrod necked-down cartridges like the Dillon, already mentioned


For common combat pistols that you could actually find at a store and get factory ammo for, my guesses would be

- 7.62x25 Tokarev

- .357 sig

Desert eagle in .357 might be another option but to me that doesn't qualify as "normal"

 

[JWJacobVT]

My 10mm is dead on at milk jugs at 80 yards. 180gr tc lead.
Sort of why I stopped carying a 45 and started carrying the 10. Both on duty and ccw. I also carry my 610 6.5 inch for hunting of white tail.

 

[sqlbullet]

What is it the OP wants to do with this flat shooting round?

Start fights at The High Road I think.

 

[full metal]

What about the 357sig?

 

[gglass]

The only handgun that I know of that is pre-sighted from the factory for 100-yards is the FN Five-Seven. With a bullet velocity around 2350 fps, you won't find many pistol calibers in its class.

The most realistic high-velocity semi-auto round is the .357 Sig with a velocity of around 1350 fps.

 

[FranklyTodd]

What is it the OP wants to do with this flat shooting round?

Start fights at The High Road I think.

I don't know why but I got totally sucked into this useless thread. Every third post was - who cares? what's it matter? - but folks kept posting and posting. I have to admit I enjoyed it...

Now, back to work - all of you!

 

[sqlbullet]

I obviously can't leave it alone.

Back to answer the OP's original question...Flat shooting common round out to 100 yards.

Get a Glock G20 in 10mm. Order up a Lone Wolf 9X25 barrel for it.

Spend the remaining $350 saved over a FN on 9X25 brass and dies (Dillon sells them). Enjoy a gun that shoots as flat as the FN at 100 yards, but hits twice as hard.

 

[Slimbo]

gglass, 38 super did that 80 years ago.

 

[gglass]

Slimbo,

gglass, 38 super did that 80 years ago.

I did not say that the 38 super would not hit POA at 100-yards (with sight adjustments). I simply said that the FN Five-Seven was the only handgun that I know of that is pre-sighted from the factory at 100 yards... That is how they are shipped.

Now to the OP's specific question and my retort to you. The FN Five-Seven has a muzzle velocity of 2350 fps (40gr bullet), and the lightest 38 super has a muzzle velocity of 1557 fps (90gr bullet)... I will pose the question to you so that you can answer the OP's question. Which of these rounds will have the flattest trajectory?


The next time you want to pick an intellectual fight, you may want to come armed with some facts.

 

[quicherbichen]

The FN Five-Seven has a muzzle velocity of 2350 fps (40gr bullet)

I own a fiveseven and think it is great, but you do not get 2350 fps with the 40gr bullet.

 

[1SOW]

Off-the-shelf ammo from an off-the-shelf semi-auto: Given that "flat shooting" means small "rise" at shorter ranges to-"drop" at longer pistol ranges then the Sig 357 is a contender. Flat shooting to me refers to hits from short to longer ranges have less curve in the trajectory.
Say 5 to 75 or more yds.
These stats are usually quoted from a 4" BBL.

 

[Troy308]

10mm 180 grain Corbon

 

[1858rem]

what to use a flat shooting round for? if its SD nearly any descant caliber shouldnt drop at SD pistol range much anyhow

 

[zxcvbob]

.30 Carbine (Automag III) ought to be in the running.
How about the .38 Casull? Too exotic?

 

[Mello]

Maybe the purpose of choosing a "flat shooting" round is to be able to shoot a bad guy through a 100 yard long pipe of some diameter? Joking . . . .

 

[HorseSoldier]

.224 BOZ --- period.

Has there been any new information or developments with 224 BOZ? It seems like it prompted a good deal of interest a few years ago, and then just disappeared.