Depends on the gun.
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Agree with above. This is sort of like "How fast can a car go?"
A vest pocket .22 short may travel 500 ft, a bolt action pistol firing rifle class ammo may shoot 5 miles. Maximum range will depend on WHICH cartridge, and WHICH handgun,
About 1 mile, when fired at a 45 degree angle.
7400 meters.
A 9mm bullet will travel approximately 2200 meters before it begins to descend to the ground. However, unless the person shooting the gun is in a open field, the bullet will not travel that far before hitting something.
Muzzle loader or centerfire?
Too many variables to answer. Could be anywhere from inches to miles.
A few feet. If not contained within a gun barrel, such as being tossed into a fire, the bullet will be pushed in one direction, and the cartridge case in another.
The bullet out of the gun will be travelling a lot faster, and with a lot more force than the bullet thrown by hand.
It's the recoil from the force of the bullet being fired. The gun powder pushes the bullet forward and also equally pushes the gun back into your hand.
Accurately- about 100 yards. Total range, fired at a high angle, no accuracy? About 2500 ft, depending on which 44 bullet, and which gun it is fired from.
Which gun? A bullet fired from a rifle, such as the 1903 Springfield, K98 Mauser or SMLE can travel about 2600 to 2800 ft per second.
Accurately- about 50 yards. How far COULD it go- no accuracy, fired at about a 45 degree angle? About 1500-2000 yards, depending on the gun.
@890 mps