A fun article about Bob's 2nd favorite caliber

[Cervus elaphus]

@Cervus elaphus
We're you describing yourself or the trigger. I thought it was you nowdays. Heavy and sluggish.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Bob

Au contraire Bob, I'm slim fit and perfectly able to take on those dangerous rabbits without a puny rifle. Guns are for sissies.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Au contraire Bob, I'm slim fit and perfectly able to take on those dangerous rabbits without a puny rifle. Guns are for sissies.

@Cervus elaphus
Mate I'm the 5 Ts
Tall
Taught
Trim
Terrific
Terribly bloody modest.
Well maybe 40 years ago. Now just old and stuffed.
Bob

 

[Cervus elaphus]

@Cervus elaphus
Mate I'm the 5 Ts
Tall
Taught
Trim
Terrific
Terribly bloody modest.
Well maybe 40 years ago. Now just old and stuffed.
Bob

Who was your taxidermist?
Yeah I know the feeling. I've killed more wild porkers with a knife than a bullet and these days the sight of a pork chop scares the snot outa me.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Who was your taxidermist?
Yeah I know the feeling. I've killed more wild porkers with a knife than a bullet and these days the sight of a pork chop scares the snot outa me.

@Cervus elaphus
Mate aye our age and condition we would find it hard to run out of sight on a dark night.
Bob

 

[Dr Ray]

Because his first favorite caliber is the 243WIN.

Yeah right

 

[Dr Ray]

I think Bob really loves the 243 and just uses the 35 Whelen as a coverup. Bigger sounds badder, right?

Now we know

 

[ZG47]

Yeah right

Tui moment!

 

[ducmarc]

What kills me about the 6.5 Creedmoor is its name.who came up with that.my 45-120 starts fuming everything I mention it.creedmoor is where men shot shoulder mounted cannons at a 1000yrd target.they quit that around 1912.its not military so no 6.5 camp perry its not Wimbledon worthy either. Call it 6.5 Ruger or 6.5 ar10.but Creedmoor? Thats like ford calling their new electric mustang the Goodwood.

 

[sambarhunter]

He'll be launching 250 grain projectiles at us from very far away....at great velocity, almost enuf to achieve orbit!

But still not as good as the .358 NM lol.

 

[Ridgewalker]

A harsh thread for sure!

 

[Forrest Halley]

What kills me about the 6.5 Creedmoor is its name.who came up with that.my 45-120 starts fuming everything I mention it.creedmoor is where men shot shoulder mounted cannons at a 1000yrd target.they quit that around 1912.its not military so no 6.5 camp perry its not Wimbledon worthy either. Call it 6.5 Ruger or 6.5 ar10.but Creedmoor? Thats like ford calling their new electric mustang the Goodwood.

Maybe your .45-120 is still mad about not being included in those famous tests? Hehe.

Call it the 6.5 Swingline. It's really good at punching holes in paper. All those jack wagons who loooove it would never put two and four and three together. Haha!

 

[BeeMaa]

Maybe your .45-120 is still mad about not being included in those famous tests? Hehe.

Call it the 6.5 Swingline. It's really good at punching holes in paper. All those jack wagons who loooove it would never put two and four and three together. Haha!

That's hilarious. Do you think @Bob Nelson 35Whelen will notice it?

 

[Forrest Halley]

That's hilarious. Do you think @Bob Nelson 35Whelen will notice it?

I'm going to have to remember not to bring you along on my audition for the special Olympic whispering team. The competition could get fierce...

 

[F. Vaccaro]

What kills me about the 6.5 Creedmoor is its name.who came up with that.my 45-120 starts fuming everything I mention it.creedmoor is where men shot shoulder mounted cannons at a 1000yrd target.they quit that around 1912.its not military so no 6.5 camp perry its not Wimbledon worthy either. Call it 6.5 Ruger or 6.5 ar10.but Creedmoor? Thats like ford calling their new electric mustang the Goodwood.

I think it was named that because it was designed as a long range target ctg. Creedmoor was a famous range.
The Creedmoor just gravitated to a hunting ctg. Some, myself included, bought it because it was avaiable in a rifle I wanted & the Swede was not. Will it do anything the Swede won't do? Not in the game fields, will it on the target range? Maybe not. It is, like the Swede, a fine, mild mannered, hunting ctg.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

New here , so sorry if I don't understand many of the inside jokes . But what's wrong with a .243 Winchester ? I use(d) one almost exclusively to down my African tiny ten ( other times , I used solids in a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ) . The 100 Gr Winchester Super X Power Point works really well on the little guys ( like Sunni / Duiker ) .

 

[HuntingGold]

New here , so sorry if I don't understand many of the inside jokes . But what's wrong with a .243 Winchester ? I use(d) one almost exclusively to down my African tiny ten ( other times , I used solids in a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ) . The 100 Gr Winchester Super X Power Point works really well on the little guys ( like Sunni / Duiker ) .

Our dear friend Bob just hates the cartridge. He likes 25 and 35 calibers.

Other than that, it's a very worthy cartridge. Bob will disown me for saying that.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

New here , so sorry if I don't understand many of the inside jokes . But what's wrong with a .243 Winchester ? I use(d) one almost exclusively to down my African tiny ten ( other times , I used solids in a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ) . The 100 Gr Winchester Super X Power Point works really well on the little guys ( like Sunni / Duiker ) .

@Hunter Habib
Don't start me on that horrible little cartridge. It's to big for small game and not big enough for medium game. Most people load the wrong projectiles for the game hunted.
It doesn't live up to its velocity hype even with handloads. The only reason it got to where it is is because Winchester advertised the crap out of it saying how good it is..
Problem is it doesn't live up to the hype
Bob

 

[Forrest Halley]

Our dear friend Bob just hates the cartridge. He likes 25 and 35 calibers.

Other than that, it's a very worthy cartridge. Bob will disown me for saying that.

Ruh rohh a true converted disciple of the turdy-phive has defected. Holy Moses! Toilets are probably going to flush the right way round now in the land down under!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

@Hunter Habib
Don't start me on that horrible little cartridge. It's to big for small game and not big enough for medium game. Most people load the wrong projectiles for the game hunted.
It doesn't live up to its velocity hype even with handloads. The only reason it got to where it is is because Winchester advertised the crap out of it saying how good it is..
Problem is it doesn't live up to the hype
Bob

I'm sorry you feel that way , Bob . To each his own , I guess . I really like it for Duiker , Sunni and the other small African antelopes . I use the 100 Gr Winchester Super X Power Point , extensively .

 

[Forrest Halley]

@Hunter Habib
Don't start me on that horrible little cartridge. It's to big for small game and not big enough for medium game. Most people load the wrong projectiles for the game hunted.
It doesn't live up to its velocity hype even with handloads. The only reason it got to where it is is because Winchester advertised the crap out of it saying how good it is..
Problem is it doesn't live up to the hype
Bob

It's .014 smaller than your glorious .257...your .358 is .017 smaller than the glorious and mighty .375!