Figured I'd post this here since it does deal with bullets/boolits. For some reason yesterday, I got to thinking about when I was a kid (late 50s/early 60s) and how my Dad would make sure we hunted with 22 shorts - and we never had an issue taking squirrels, rabbits, etc. with them - but 22 LR were a "no no:" even though we had boxes of them in the gun cabinet. I remember the warning on the old Remington box flap - "Range 1 Mile".
Anyway, I got to thinking about bullet travel distance - the first lesson Dad hammered in to our head was "no finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire" . . . the second was "be careful what direction you are shooting in" . . . we lived in a rural area on a farm but there were neighbor's houses, barns, etc.
After thinking about bullet travel distance, I googled the subject and one of the charts I came up with was here:
https://www.hunter-ed.com/washington...001_700046704/
We all know travel distance can depend on a lot of variables - bullet weight, charge, gun fired from, elevation, yada, yada, yada.
I thought the chart was interesting. Maybe what got me to thinking about it is I'm about ready to buy a 45 Colt Uberti Winchester rifle (1873) and I know the range it will shoot so I'm thinking of places on the farm that i can shoot it with good safe background. Many folks have a good knowledge about bullet travel for what they shoot but then again, some don't . . . and sometimes a "reminder" is not a bad thing. Especially for those that hunt or shoot out in the country areas like many of us do.
Not posting this to start a argument over the different variables for a particular caliber in a particular gun . . . just general knowledge. I found it interesting . . especially for some of the cartridges I don't shoot. Just thought I'd share it.