Most ridiculous round award goes to?

[OD Moose]

Awesome, but kind of pointless considering they already have a sabot round for the .50bmg...

[Group B]

Originally Posted by Nose Nuggets

i think the prize should go to the Cop Killer bullets from lethal weapon 3. that 9mm can punch a hole through a steel vest plate!

Gotta love those red-anodized bullets!

[kartoffel]

Originally Posted by Lowend

hmmm - 5000-ish fps?

Max velocity limit is tied to the speed of sound in the propellant gas. Very hot, high pressure combustion byproducts from modern powder tops out around 5-6 thousand, if I recall correctly.

One way to go faster is with a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_gas_gun

[Nose Nuggets]

i though max velocity, especially on something so small, would be limited by the mass of said projectile.

[kartoffel]

Originally Posted by Nose Nuggets

i though max velocity, especially on something so small, would be limited by the mass of said projectile.

The projectile can only go as fast as the gas behind it.

[Nose Nuggets]

sure, the gas is providing the energy to accelerate the projectile but its not unlimited. there is a point when more gas will not create more speed due to the limitation of mass. and, considering the projectile is so damn small, i would not be surprised if the powder propellant in the brass could exceed this.