Mars pistol

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Does anyone know anything about the Mars pistol?
The books claim the 8.5mm went 1,750 fps out of the Mars and the .45 went over 1,200 fps. Depending on bullet weight the .45 is six to eight hundred foot pounds of muzzle energy and this is more like .44 Magnum power. This is amazing for a pistol made in 1903 if it is true. Does anyone know if the claims were exaggerated maybe?
 
I think the fps are unmeasurable!! What is the fps for the speed of light?

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G37 said:
I think the fps are unmeasurable!! What is the fps for the speed of light?

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Novus Collectus said:
982,080,000
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Wrong you are, my good man!
From Wiki:
In imperial units, the speed of light is about 670,616,629.4 miles per hour or 983,571,056.4 feet per second (roughly one foot per nanosecond), which is about 186,282.397 miles per second.

About one million FPS. Too bad DaveL is no longer here. He was trying exceeed Warp speed with a few of his dream cartridges
 
I've never seen one, but there's plenty written about them. If you can, get a copy of Ian Hogg's (with Weeks or Schroeder) "Pistols of the World", you can find out a lot about a lot of handguns. The company was English and folded very quickly. The gun used a complicated loading system resembling those used in some artillery pieces, and reputedly was very uncomfortable to shoot. But the proprietary cartridges it used were very high velocity (see also the Danish Schuboe). It just was totally impractical for anything other than a piece to study. The odd Webley-Fosbery "automatic" revolver was a lot more practical, but not practical enough and it didn't survive for very long.
 
tootall said:
Wrong you are, my good man!
From Wiki:
In imperial units, the speed of light is about 670,616,629.4 miles per hour or 983,571,056.4 feet per second (roughly one foot per nanosecond), which is about 186,282.397 miles per second.

About one million FPS. Too bad DaveL is no longer here. He was trying exceeed Warp speed with a few of his dream cartridges
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Yes, I am wrong. I forgot you said pico second and I never got around to editing.
 
Actually, that speed is based on light in a vacuum, so perhaps your speed is closer, in fact.
Anyway, plenty fast! At that speed, I'm kind of splitting hairs.
 
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