Recent content by m457109

can someone please help me understand what the fascination with short actions is? You are talking overall length of the rifle of a little over 1/2” with the same length barrel an a couple of ounces additional weight. Unless you are shooting benchrest quality firearms and ammo, the supposed...

416 rigby for me!

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 the beginning. I have never experienced a misfire with handloaded ammo. Cannot say the same for factory loaded. I hardly ever clean primer pockets, although I do...

Agree long rang plinking with a 22 is a hoot. Pull the trigger and smoke half a cigarette while waiting for the ding!

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 pasture. Usually shot with a bipod on the hood of the truck. Ammo was usually Winchester power points. 22 was a factory cz452 lux with the elevator rear sight. Had...

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. Fast forward a couple of years, pulled them out of the jar and they were rusted beyond use. Don’t understand how or why they could have rusted when completely...

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 steel every shot at a mile with a ww2 8x57 Mauser with iron sights on a calm day. Just cause I can shoot targets at long range doesn’t make it ethical to shoot...

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 its limitations are in the field.

Because the margin for error increases exponentially beyond 400. Agree that poor shots are made inside that range as well, but beyond that range slight shifts in wind become major factors. Bullet flight time/target movement becomes a major factor. Exact ranging within a few yards becomes...

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 beyond on mule deer and pronghorn. Can’t tell you how many animals I have seen wounded from long range by city slickers touting their latest and greatest light...

Not really something to be proud of.

I have read this entire thread and find it interesting there is little mention of bullet momentum in relation to killing power. I think the 6.5 CM is an awesome cartridge for what it was designed for. One of the best ever for long range target punching. It was NOT designed for and it never will...