About grandpamac

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About grandpamac
Location:
Okawa Hawkes Bay
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Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
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Retired

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  1. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings Micky and All, Had a bit of a dig. The 41 grain load of AR2206 with the 150 grain in the .303 quoted in your 1986 pamphlet is a copy of the load in Cyril Waterworth's book for AR2201. This...
    Liked On: 10-09-2021, 12:07 PM
  2. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings Micky, Jhon and Mimms, I ran some test loads that included AR2206, AR2206H and others in my .308 last year. In every case AR2206 was faster than AR2206H. With the 125 grain Speer TNT...
    Liked On: 10-09-2021, 09:24 AM
  3. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings Micky, Jhon and Mimms, I ran some test loads that included AR2206, AR2206H and others in my .308 last year. In every case AR2206 was faster than AR2206H. With the 125 grain Speer TNT...
    Liked On: 10-09-2021, 08:55 AM
  4. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings All, With this thread now up to 230 posts it would be safe to say that there is still interest in hunting with a .303 even if largely ceremonial. Most of those posting seem to have a few...
    Liked On: 09-09-2021, 08:49 PM
  5. woods223
    woods223 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
    Liked On: 08-09-2021, 08:36 PM
  6. Flyblown
    Flyblown liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
    Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:02 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
    Liked On: 07-09-2021, 09:59 PM
  8. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings 300-BLK, No this was a New Zealand Ron that lived in Napier up until his death. Ron Spomer is a different Ron that wrote for Handloader and Rifle a few years back. I rather enjoyed his...
    Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:54 PM
  9. Woody
    Woody liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Woody, That was my thinking exactly but lacking the hands on experience I let Ron speak for himself. Thankyou for your input. It is horses for courses and the Foot pounds force or Joules...
    Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:30 AM
  10. on2it
    on2it liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings All, Trying to compare the knockdown power of projectiles using maths can be an exercise in futility. It is relatively easy to calculate how many foot pounds force or Joules of energy a...
    Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:12 AM
  11. Dama dama
    Dama dama liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Again Micky and All, The following chapter "Why Bullets Kill" and the one after that "Efficient Game Killing" in Bruce and Matt's book is excellent giving the ins and outs of shot...
    Liked On: 06-09-2021, 08:27 PM
  12. rewa
    rewa liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
    Liked On: 06-09-2021, 12:09 PM
  13. Ftx325
    Ftx325 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
    Liked On: 05-09-2021, 11:37 PM
  14. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
    Liked On: 05-09-2021, 08:44 PM
  15. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knockdown power
    Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
    Liked On: 05-09-2021, 07:58 PM

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