Air Rifle Safety and Marksmanship

Lesson 2

Exercise 1: Firearm Projectile

 

Directions:  Calculate the amount of energy (foot pounds) from each of these guns immediately after it is fired. 


Rifle/cartridge


Weight of Projectile


Muzzle Velocity
of Projectile


Energy of Projectile  
(at muzzle)


7.62 mm
(U. S. military cartridge,
1958-1970s)


147 grains


854 meters/sec.
2800 feet/sec.

 


5.56 mm
(U. S. military cartridge,
1960s-present)


55 grains


3300 feet/sec.

 


.22 cal. rim fire


40 grains

 


1150 feet/sec.

 


4.5 mm air rifle


8 grains

 


570 feet/sec.

 

  

Exercise 2: Firearm Safety in Everyday Life 

Directions:  The Firearm safety rules that have been discussed must also be applied in situations outside of the JROTC classroom. Answer the following questions that will be discussed. 

1.       Does your family have firearms in your home?

2.       If you are present when someone is handling a firearm, how can you apply the safety rules we discussed to make sure the firearm is handled safely? 

3.       If you see someone handling a firearm unsafely and violating these basic safety rules, what should you do? 

4.       If someone is handling a firearm that is unloaded and the firearm’s action is open, is it safe to point that firearm at another person? 

5.       There may be BB firearms in some homes.  Since BB firearms are not very powerful, is it OK to point a BB firearm at another person?