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Mm457109 replied to the thread Rifle for daughter.can someone please help me understand what the fascination with short actions is? You are talking overall length of the rifle of a...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread One cartridge to hunt dangerous game for the rest of your life and it can't be a 375, what are you going with?.416 rigby for me!
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Best practice vs good enough for hunting.Having loaded and 10’s of thousands of rounds over the last 40 years, I would say follow the KIS method (keep it simple), at least in...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.Agree long rang plinking with a 22 is a hoot. Pull the trigger and smoke half a cigarette while waiting for the ding!
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.Haven’t done it for several years. I had I buddy when I lived in northwest Kansas that had steel hanging at various ranges in a big...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Storing rifles.Just something interesting to think about….years ago I put a 45 cal bullet mold in a quart jar full of valvoline 10-w30 for storage...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.I can ring 9”x16” piece of steel every shot at 600 yards with an iron sighted cz452 22 lr on a calm day. I can ring a 4’x4’ sheet of...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.Agree the cartridge was not designed with the hunter in mind. Too bad the majority of the hunters using it don’t recognize that and what...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.Because the margin for error increases exponentially beyond 400. Agree that poor shots are made inside that range as well, but beyond...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.There is ALWAYS a way to get closer. I grew up in the Sandhills region of western Nebraska. Opportunity for shots out to a mile and...
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.Not really something to be proud of.
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Mm457109 replied to the thread Why all the 6.5 Creedmoor Hate?.I have read this entire thread and find it interesting there is little mention of bullet momentum in relation to killing power. I think...