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prosper said:So a 100fps advantage may not be huge, but it is certainly not insignificant.
Tell that to the animal that has just been shot with a 375 H&H with a 20" barrel. 100fps is squat
prosper said:So a 100fps advantage may not be huge, but it is certainly not insignificant.
prosper said:So a 100fps advantage may not be huge, but it is certainly not insignificant.
prosper said:You have to be careful once you start saying 'almost.'
Because a 30-06 is almost the same as a 300WM. And a 308 is almost the same as a 308. A 300 Savage is almost the same as a 308. A 30-30 is almost the same as a 300 Savage, and a 7.62x39 is almost the same as a 30-30. The military boys have demonstrated that a 223 is almost the same as a 7.62x39, and we all know the 222 is almost the same as a 223. The 221 fireball, then 22 hornet, then HMR, and so forth. Each difference is slight, but significant.
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Waste of what man?sunray said:"...having the barrel shortened to 20"..." What a waste. You'll lose velocity, increase muzzle blast and noise.
100 ft/s or so??velocity
Who gives a rat's ass "what they were made for" (in your mind); thousands of guide gun and other big bore carbine owners would disagree with that kife...Big calibres aren't made for short barrels.
sunray said:"...having the barrel shortened to 20"..." What a waste. You'll lose velocity, increase muzzle blast and noise. Big calibres aren't made for short barrels.
Big calibres aren't made for short barrels
sunray said:"...having the barrel shortened to 20"..." What a waste. You'll lose velocity, increase muzzle blast and noise. Big calibres aren't made for short barrels.
todbartell said:the loss of 100 feet per second will be far from the mind of the grizz, when a 300 gr. A-Frame smashes him in the face at 15 feet. So much for going 'easy' on him @ 2475 fps![]()
sunray said:"...having the barrel shortened to 20"..." What a waste. You'll lose velocity, increase muzzle blast and noise. Big calibres aren't made for short barrels.
Why not? said:The last thing you need when hunting down a wounded bear, or cranky old bull moose is a 26" barrel.![]()
Claven2 said:Or a neutered .375 bolt action![]()
Think pump shotty, 20" or less bbl and a mag full of slugs
Is this devolving into a bear defence thread already??? I didn't think that was the intent of the original post...
Boomer said:I considered the option of the barrel band sling swivel as this has the advantage of carrying the muzzle lower when the rifle is slung. Because I prefer to shoot with the sling on the longer shots, I opted instead to position the swivel on the radius of the forend tip.
Claven2 said:Or a neutered .375 bolt action![]()
Think pump shotty, 20" or less bbl and a mag full of slugs
Is this devolving into a bear defence thread already??? I didn't think that was the intent of the original post...