5.56 NATO · 75 gr · Frontier · #FR320. Maker-published figures, velocity measured in a 20″ barrel. Below: the drop chart, the wind, the energy, and how far it is an ethical hunting load — then shoot it.
Shoot this load through the glass →Hunt with it| Range yd | Elev mil | Elev MOA | Drop in | Wind mil | Wind MOA | Wind in | Vel fps | Energy ft·lb | TOF s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2,776 | 1,283 | 0.05 |
| 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2,645 | 1,165 | 0.11 |
| 150 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2,519 | 1,056 | 0.17 |
| 200 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -3.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2,396 | 956 | 0.23 |
| 250 | 0.8 | 2.7 | -7.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 2,276 | 863 | 0.29 |
| 300 | 1.2 | 4.0 | -12.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 2,160 | 777 | 0.36 |
| 350 | 1.6 | 5.4 | -19.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 11.5 | 2,047 | 698 | 0.43 |
| 400 | 2.0 | 7.0 | -29.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 15.4 | 1,937 | 625 | 0.51 |
| 450 | 2.5 | 8.7 | -40.9 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 20.0 | 1,832 | 559 | 0.59 |
| 500 | 3.1 | 10.6 | -55.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 25.3 | 1,730 | 498 | 0.67 |
| 550 | 3.7 | 12.6 | -72.5 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 31.5 | 1,633 | 444 | 0.76 |
| 600 | 4.3 | 14.8 | -93.0 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 38.5 | 1,541 | 395 | 0.85 |
| 650 | 5.0 | 17.2 | -117.1 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 46.5 | 1,453 | 352 | 0.95 |
| 700 | 5.8 | 19.8 | -145.4 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 55.4 | 1,372 | 313 | 1.06 |
| 750 | 6.6 | 22.7 | -178.3 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 65.2 | 1,297 | 280 | 1.17 |
| 800 | 7.5 | 25.8 | -216.3 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 76.1 | 1,230 | 252 | 1.29 |
| 850 | 8.5 | 29.2 | -260.2 | 2.9 | 9.9 | 87.9 | 1,170 | 228 | 1.42 |
| 900 | 9.6 | 32.9 | -310.3 | 3.1 | 10.7 | 100.7 | 1,119 | 208 | 1.55 |
| 950 | 10.7 | 36.9 | -367.4 | 3.3 | 11.5 | 114.3 | 1,075 | 192 | 1.68 |
| 1000 | 12.0 | 41.3 | -432.0 | 3.6 | 12.3 | 128.7 | 1,037 | 179 | 1.83 |
Orange rows are transonic (Mach 1.2–1.0), red subsonic. Elevation is the come-up; wind is the bullet's drift for 10 mph at 90°, so halve it for 5 mph and for a 30° wind. The app builds this for your barrel length, your altitude and today's weather, and lets you true the MV against what you actually hit.
Energy floors: Coyote 250 · Pronghorn 800 · Whitetail 1,000 · Mule 1,000 · Wild 1,000 · Black 1,200 · Elk 1,500 · Moose 1,500 ft·lb (see the sources on each animal in the app). Expansion floor from the bullet family's published minimum impact velocity. A bone-breaking shoulder shot wants a bonded, partition or monolithic bullet regardless of energy.
All 5.56 NATO factory loads · best for coyote · best for whitetail · best for wild · best for elk
Source: https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/5.56-nato-75-gr-bthp-match-t2-frontier · 20" test barrel per product page; Frontier: Hornady-loaded Lake City components