How fast is a bullet?

Superman flies “quicker than a dashing bullet,” and “bullet” trains zoom between cities at spectacular velocity. The comparability is ubiquitous, but the precise velocity is much much less cited. So how briskly do bullets truly journey?

Many elements affect the velocity of a bullet when it is fired from a gun. They have an inclination to fall into two classes: inside ballistics — together with the kind of propellant, the bullet’s weight, and the form and size of the gun’s barrel — and exterior ballistics, or the forces that wind, gravity and trajectory exert over a projectile because it strikes by way of the air. Each feed into a 3rd class, known as terminal ballistics, that describes a bullet’s habits when it strikes a goal.