"That cartridge is Boring"
- Thread starter haggisbasher
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- Keswick, Ontario
My buddy has worked up a 308 load for his Tikka that keeps going in the same hole OVER and OVER and OVER...
Boring as hell
Boring as hell
Why use a Tikka t3 in .223 when you can use a Win. Hi-wall in .219 donaldson Wasp? Why use a .243 win. in a savage 111 when you can use a 25/21 in a stevens 44 1/2? Why use a Rem. 270/7mm/308/30/06/338 when you can use a Sharps 50/90 or a Ballard Pacific in 45/70?
This thread is similar to listening to a group of people discuss which is better/worse Ford, Dodge or Chevy. I would have to say that all cartridges are the opposite of boring. I really love the idea that I can load (x) calibre cartridge into an appropriate firearm. I can then confirm my target and ready the firearm for discharge. I can then squeeze the curved metal protected piece, visualize my shot and then BLAM. That is magical in my mind, not boring at all. If it were boring, I would certainly not invest the time, nor money that I have.
Try shooting that beast all day long
The 22-250 no problem, the 338 RUM, thats another story.
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- north vancouver
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
any cartridge that people claim that it can shoot every game animal in North America, and that the cartridge in question is the only one you need. Now thats boring.
shooting is like golf, you need a whole bag of irons and woods because each shot is different. You can put with a 1 wood if you have to but it's much nicer to have the correct tool for each application.
shooting is like golf, you need a whole bag of irons and woods because each shot is different. You can put with a 1 wood if you have to but it's much nicer to have the correct tool for each application.
no cartridge is boring imo.
who gives a rats ass if its common or not... doesn't make you any cooler if you own 300 rifles in rare chamberings then the one person who has his grandaddy's 30-06.
The 30-06 guy probably shoots better, anyways.
who gives a rats ass if its common or not... doesn't make you any cooler if you own 300 rifles in rare chamberings then the one person who has his grandaddy's 30-06.
The 30-06 guy probably shoots better, anyways.
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- north vancouver
no cartridge is boring imo.
who gives a rats ass if its common or not... doesn't make you any cooler if you own 300 rifles in rare chamberings then the one person who has his grandaddy's 30-06.
The 30-06 guy probably shoots better, anyways.
NOW that's what i like to here, boring 30-06 guys are probably better all round shooters than those other super duper cartridges stuff anyways
no cartridge is boring imo.
who gives a rats ass if its common or not... doesn't make you any cooler if you own 300 rifles in rare chamberings then the one person who has his grandaddy's 30-06.
The 30-06 guy probably shoots better, anyways.
Probably not. The guy with only grandaddys rifle probably isn't that interested in firearms and shooting, and goes through abox of shells a year. Most peopel that own a few more guns tend to shoot more often.
Not always true, but often.
I allways thought it was the guy with the "one gun" you had to worry about.Probably not. The guy with only grandaddys rifle probably isn't that interested in firearms and shooting, and goes through abox of shells a year. Most peopel that own a few more guns tend to shoot more often.
Not always true, but often.
There's guy's that have been shooting the same gun for years so they know where it shoots.
i shoot a 100 grain hornady hollow point pushed by 76.5 grains or RL 22. Tell me why the 4000 fps isnt a possibility, my dad shoots 120 grain barnes with 73.5 grains of RL 22 and it has been chronoed at over 3600 fps, why is 4000 impossible, and the gun wont blow up as there isnt even pressure signs on the casings yet and yes i know what pressure looks like
Yeah, that's the old rub...but it's not really true.
How many competitive shooters, or serious marsksmen, only own one rifle? Not a bunch.
I've heard all sorts- "well, I don't shoot so good on paper but I'm hell on shooting game"
(Translation- You shoot okay to kill stuff. You are a lousy shot if we plunked you down in a shoot off at the range. Good thing that stuff has a 8" kill zone and you are a good hunter, so you get within 100 yards of your deer"
There are always exceptions, but most guys that own only one rilfe tend to "sight her in" 1 week prior to hunting season, then go hunting.
One rifle or many doesn't make you a sniper, but the guys that have many te to like to shoot, therefore are better marksmen...
I will call a whole lot of hot air here. From the Hodgdon manual, 3569 is max load in the 7mm using a 100gr, and even in the 7mm Ultra Mag, 3800 is max using a 100gr. So , if you think you are getting an extra 400fps over max, and you don't think that is over pressure, I ain't buying it.
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I find redundent cartidges boreing, that being said it is all in the eye of the beholder . I could have six different rifle in the same caliber and still find it exiteing to shoot them if each of those rifles offered something that indivually pleased me about them.
The fastest I've ever seen a 100gr in 7mm pushed is 3750fps-ish. Well, well over book loads.
At 4000fps, you may actually get to see what pressure looks like.
I'm just going to go out on a limb and guess you don't have a chrony handy.
