The way I am understanding it from the Speer manual and the Youtube video Seventy Six above linked (listen from 4:30-6:10 minutes), is that barrel erosion depends on pressure which increases the core...
Liked On: 12-03-2021, 07:53 AM
The adult hinds have their first estrus cycle around 20 March coinciding with photo period and that is when a lot of old stags do their rooting. At the next cycle three weeks later all the young...
Liked On: 12-03-2021, 07:32 AM
I have an old Aldis scope that I would some day love to put on a original rifle. To shoot an animal with that would certainly top it off. Though I was warned by another member that perhaps the...
Liked On: 11-03-2021, 04:11 PM
No it's not the momentary pressure nor the momentary heat, but the combination of these with FLOW. An imperfect seal causing gas leakage around a bullet damages both bullet and barrel. - Gas behind...
Liked On: 11-03-2021, 02:04 PM
Was a shame the stag that was with it beded down, otherwise it would of been more picture friendly!! Im sure my arm is 3" longer from carring that heavy old thing all day!
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 02:33 PM
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Liked On: 10-03-2021, 02:33 PM
Something a bit different, i took my old 1941 lee Enfield no4 mk1 T .303 Sniper rifle out for a hunt on Sunday on some public land, and i managed to shoot a big old hind with it at 275 yards away!...
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 02:32 PM
And lets not forget that a 'shortfat' case also allows each powder charge to burn more uniformly, thus giving more uniform velocities. The best way to make powder burn uniformly is to pack it into a...
Liked On: 09-03-2021, 02:45 PM
Hi GPM grandpamac. These are different to our old Nosler "solid base". https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010872858
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 05:47 PM
Ive always used a .222 or .223 and over the last 12 months have shot 18 deer with my .223's. I have 3 .223's - more by accident than design - but at least it means that I can have certain loads for...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 05:17 PM
well in all fairness it doesn't have ALL the widgets grandpamac , it's not illuminated ..... I searched high and low locally for a vixen to have a look at without success and couldn't bring...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 04:32 PM
Lifelong 2 firearm lusts - 375 H & H and a 308 Norma Mag. The NM has faded but the 375 H & H is still strong as ever. Would be a total waste of time and money though as I no longer tramp the hills....
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 01:33 PM
Pool walking is and has always helped me get fitter for the hills as it seems to use the same core muscles. I try to do 40-lengths (25m pool so 1km) 3 to 4 times a week and try to get out for an...
Liked On: 07-03-2021, 04:36 PM
Ah, I get it, the good Olde days and nostalgia (usually cockeyed due to brain fade). I thought it was supposed to be a clinical comparison not an old versus new theme.
Liked On: 07-03-2021, 02:50 PM
I'm picking he had impeccable taste and a yearning for simpler times
Liked On: 07-03-2021, 02:07 PM