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There is no meaningful average answer for all handguns. Old fashioned big caliber handguns (45 Colt, 44 S+W) shoot a heavy bullet without a lot of gun powder behind it. Muzzle velocities for these weapons is under 1000 feet per second. Some as low as 800 feet per second or even lower. On the other hand, some lighter caliber handguns (.223, 22-250) used for hunting or long distance target shooting use a much lighter weight bullet and have a much larger brass case behind the bullet filled to the brim with high power gun powder. Muzzle velocities for these weapons can easily exceed 3000 feet per second. Some custom hand loaded cartridges in some light calibers approach or even exceed 4000 feet per second, but these are not typically available over-the-counter.
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It depends on the caliber and on the load. For instance, the loads that I use for Cowboy Action Shoots have velocity of about 1200 fps. But then, that is a very light load of powder.
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to be fair the .223 and other high velocity as described above are actually rifle cartridges chambered in a pistol. in terms of centrefire manstopping, google the velocities of the .45 acp, 9mm, .357 sig, and the FN 5.7 mm armour piercing ammo. each one's velocity rises.
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