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Aakrifleman reacted to ThinusS's post in the thread Which 6.5 Creed load for sable sized PG with
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As a PH, I offer clients, who do not bring their own rifles, a choice of 4 calibers, a 6.5 Creedmoor, a .30-06, a 9.3x62 and a .375 H&H... -
Aakrifleman replied to the thread What are the most EFFICIENT rifle cartridges?.If you are talking Internal Ballistics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overbore O(verbore) ratio = V(olume) case / A(rea) of the bore...
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ASure thing. 3 friends with failed eco's? Sounds like a curse, the 5.0 is 1.4% more likely to suffer catastrophic failure inside 300k...
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A@Muskox That's all well and good but in reality how many hunters shoot to 500 or more yards. I know I don't. Fast and flat with a...
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Aakrifleman reacted to Altitude sickness's post in the thread Any pilots here? Top Gun Maverick with Like.
Of course we can all pick the movie apart. My point was how hard they worked to use real Navy jets. If you watch the making of video...
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Aakrifleman reacted to One Day...'s post in the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect? with Like.
Let me provide perspective, Gert. 2,100 fps is what a .375 H&H 300 gr bullet flies at around 175 yards, after it left the muzzle at...
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Aakrifleman replied to the thread 25 RPM.Even at 300yds, three of the offered bullets BC is almost double the old 117s and 120s. That is significantly less wind drift, which is...
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Aakrifleman replied to the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect?.I think the very difficult problem is you're on that edge where some rifles will handle and some won't. Nobody will question AFrames...
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Aakrifleman reacted to baxterb's post in the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect? with Like.
This exactly. I found out the 300 GR A-Frame would not work in my 9.3 (not a factory rifle) when D'Arcy Echols helped me solve some...
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Aakrifleman replied to the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect?.Perhaps loading to throat geometry, case intrusion, and pressure are important. I suspect you mean your not worried about spec OAL, if...
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Aakrifleman reacted to SStomcat's post in the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect? with Like.
Ideal weight, as you may know, is 286-grain bullets. Good for anything in NA and Africa, except probably Elephant. Why not? 3.150" to...
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Aakrifleman reacted to One Day...'s post in the thread SWIFT A-Frame 300 gn bullets in a 9.3x62 what performance can I expect? with Like.
Awesome Gert. They should perform near perfection :) Contrarily to Surgeon1 I would NOT recommend to try to go fast with them. Their...
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Aakrifleman replied to the thread Any pilots here? Top Gun Maverick.Even documentaries are subjective, told from a point of view. Perfect media doesn't exist. Even medical books are routinely reprinted...
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ASure there were a lot of flaws. I could give you a bucket full with respect to any Army centric movie ever made. I mean what O6 in any...
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Aakrifleman replied to the thread 25 RPM.I did the 6.5 RPM when it came out, in the Backcountry2 with an NX8 scope. I didn't really have a sheep rifle I was happy with. It...
