.300 AAC Blackout ballistics chart
The .300 Blackout trajectory with a supersonic 125-grain load: drop, wind drift and retained velocity from a 100-yard zero out to 500 yards.
Overview
The .300 AAC Blackout puts .30-calibre bullets into an unmodified AR-15 - same magazines, same bolt, just a new barrel. The supersonic loading drives a 110-135 grain bullet around 2,150-2,350 fps from a 16-inch barrel, giving ballistics broadly similar to 7.62x39mm and enough energy for deer and hogs inside 200 yards.
Its other half is the 190-220 grain subsonic loading at roughly 1,000 fps, which is exceptionally quiet suppressed but drops like a stone past 150 yards. Either way the Blackout is a short-barrel, short-range carbine cartridge: the supersonic load shown here goes transonic in the 400-500 yard band and was never intended to reach further.
Typical uses: Suppressed and short-barrel AR-15 carbines, home defence, and hog and deer hunting inside 200 yards.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Hornady 125 gr HAP
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,215 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.29 (G1)
- Zero
- 100 yd
.300 AAC Blackout trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 2,075 | 1,196 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.2 |
| 100 | 1,941 | 1,046 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 150 | 1,812 | 911 | -2.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| 200 | 1,689 | 792 | -7.8 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| 250 | 1,573 | 687 | -16.1 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 1.4 |
| 300 | 1,464 | 595 | -27.9 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
| 350 | 1,365 | 517 | -43.7 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 2.1 |
| 400 | 1,275 | 451 | -64.2 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 2.5 |
| 450 | 1,196 | 397 | -90.1 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 2.8 |
| 500 | 1,130 | 354 | -122.0 | 6.9 | 23.3 | 3.2 |
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