How far a .22 LR, a 9mm, a deer rifle, a slug and birdshot can carry, from the Army’s 2025 range-safety tables, Iowa’s official hunter course and Hatcher’s test firings. Plus what a bullet fired straight up does on the way down.
Which 12 gauge slug fits your barrel, how far the makers’ own tables say it carries on deer, and where buckshot is legal, with real rules from Illinois, Arkansas and Massachusetts.
Caliber comparisons, ballistics and pressure references, price and availability checks, and what changed in the law — for shooters, hunters and reloaders.
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