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A spitzer bullet (from German: Spitzgeschoss, "point shot") is a munitions term, primarily regarding fully-powered and intermediate small-arms ammunition, describing bullets featuring an aerodynamically pointed nose shape, called a spire point, sometimes combined with a tapered base, called a boat tail (then a spitzer boat-tail bullet), in order to reduce drag and obtain a lower drag ...
The patron m/32's aerodynamically refined boat tailed spitzer bullet had a useful range of approximately 3,600 m (3,937 yd) on which the impact energy was 20 kilogram-meters (196 J / 145 ft⋅lbf), [3] [4] and a maximum range of approximately 5,500 m (6,015 yd) when fired from a kulspruta m/36. [5]
Patrone L.S. - Leichtes Spitzgeschoß ("light spitzer bullet") machine gun anti aircraft training ammunition loaded with 5.5 grams (85 gr) bullets with aluminium cores that had a muzzle velocity of 925 m/s (3,035 ft/s). Due to the lightweight bullet the maximum range was limited to approximately 2,000 m (2,187 yd).
It had a maximum range of 3,700 m (4,046 yd). [20] The new spitzer bullet style was partially responsible for the cartridge's improved performance as it significantly reduced air drag within normal combat ranges and withstood higher accelerations in the barrel.
The late 19th and early 20th century saw the introduction of smokeless powder cartridges with small caliber jacketed spitzer bullets that extended the effective range of fire beyond the limitations of the open rifle sights.
Since the newly introduced .243 with its 100 grain bullet was also available, it is thought many consumers believed that to be the minimum mass needed to hunt deer. Likewise, the early Remington 722s often would not consistently gyroscopically stabilize 100 grain Spitzer bullets depending on their length and the original slower twist.
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The 270 gr (17 g) spitzer bullet at .375 H&H velocities has a Maximum point-blank range (MPBR) of about 260 yd (240 m) when sighted in at about 220 yd (200 m). The typical 300 gr (19 g) ammunition manufactured by Federal and Remington have a muzzle velocity of 2,530 feet per second (770 m/s) churning out 4,263 ft⋅lbf (5,780 J) of energy.