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Originally Posted by Expatriot
There is a big difference between reaching a distance and being able to hit the target you are shooting at.
The effective or practical range of a bullet or cartridge combination is the distance at which you can hit the thing you are aiming at. The energy the bullet is carrying is pointless if it doesn't hit the target.
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Sure, but what is your target? A prairie dog? The vital zone of a deer? An enemy soldier? An enemy troop transport plane on a runway? A 100,000 gallon fuel storage tank?
You say "thats a lot of math" but it's really not much if it frees me from the mindset that subsonics are only good for 300 yards.
I trained on the M67 recoilless rifle in the US Army (late 1960's which only has a 700 fps muzzle velocity. It had a nominal 400 yards effective range against tanks but considerably further against bunkers. It was useful as an anti personnel weapon to well beyond 1000 yards and more accurate than a mortar.