Air Shooting Calculators

Air shooters often require calculators. If the weight and flight speed of a projectile are known then it is possible to calculate the muzzle energy in foot / pounds (or Joules if you prefer metric). Users might wish to determine one value based on another - so for example figure out the highest grain weight of a projectile that can be used for a particular speed and muzzle energy. Other calculators allow you to determine (both ways) flight time and/or distance assuming you know the speed of of the projectile - which can be useful if you need to know the time it will take a projectile to cross a fixed gap.

The calculators default to employing imperial values (foot pounds, feet per second (f/s) or inches when it comes to fixed distances) but there is an option to switch to metric (joules, metres per second (m/s) and mm for fixed distances). It is worth highlighting that projectile weight is always measured in grains (so, use the grains/grams conversion if you only know the weight of your projectile in grams).

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Unit Selection

Imperial employs ft/lb for muzzle energy, feet per second (f/s) for speed and inches for fixed distance. If you switch to metric units, then use joules for muzzle energy, metres-per-second (m/s) for speed and mm for fixed distances.

Note that projectile weights are always expressed in Grains regardless of imperial or metric being selected.

Calculators
Grain ⇄ Gram weight convertor
Grains
Grams
Calculators
Muzzle energy
(knowing weight and speed)
Weight (Grains)
Speed (f/s)
Result
 
Projectile speed
(knowing weight and muzzle energy)
Weight (Grains)
ME (ft/lb)
Result
 
Projectile Weight
(knowing speed and muzzle energy)
Speed (f/s)
ME (ft/lb)
Result
 
Calculators
Travel Time
(knowing Speed and Distance)
Speed (f/s)
Distance (inch)
Result
 
Travel Distance
(knowing Speed and time using the units below)
Speed (f/s)
Time (S)
Result
 
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