I used the term ”bolt action” to loosely. Gen. James W. Ripley, the U.S. Army Chief of Ordinance during the American Civil War, was opposed to the use of repeating arms.
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Politicians never change, just the times and names!
Your comment about the 1950s is spot on. Remember old Jerry Buhmiller? He downed 164 Tanganyikan elephants … all with wildcat calibers of his own design.
I can relate. There are a lot of fools who still consider the Blaser R8 to be unreliable for dangerous game. Just because it isn't a true control round feed.Are we going to be like those people that opposed the transition from muzzle loader to bolt action? It seems to me in the shooting community, there are those who always want to change and then there are those who never want to change.
'Say it all the time. In every industry they have to re-invent the latest, greatest thing-ONLY for the big $ale, not because anyone really needs it, or it's more useful. With each of the guns I have come to know and love, nothing beats the old Rem pump 06 for number of kills, so for woods hunters it was an improvement over the bolt! Good to 300 yds with the 18.5" bbl and the same scope that adorns most DG guns. Some innovations are fantastic! $adly, mo$t are not. Buy land and or invest in your kids' education, not widget$.This will be for a niche market, like the 300BO. It's not going to be the next big thing for sure. I do have plans on building one, it's potential for hogs suppressed should be fun.
The video mentions that this round is designed for an AR platform. The purpose is to get the AR platform more hunting usable. Does the AR have the capability to replace the bolt action rifle as a hunting rifle in the same that the bolt action rifle replaced the lever action rifle.
It's chambered in both AR and Bolt, you can buy pre fit barrels for rem700 right now for them. Like the 300BO, it is designed to be used with a short barrel, like 12"s.
In the video it discussed that it is the mass of the bullet that is being used to generate force. This allows the use of a shorter barrel since efficient burning of powder to gain velocity is not the key component. The video mentions that this is basically going back to the old muzzle loaders of the early 1800’s. Does the AR have the versatility to become the dominant hunting rifle in North America or will it just do it by being “Cool”?
Stop It! Don’t turn this into an R8 discussion. My R8 performed flawlessly over 14 days in Tanzania last year. This is the Cape buffalo I took with it on day 14. The rifle worked smoothly through all 6 shots. The nut behind the bolt was a little shakey.
I agree here, the only one that I see with an advantage is the .375 Ruger vs the .375 H&H, the reason for the advantage for the Ruger is it fits in a 30-06 length action so it’s a little less expensive. My 2 cents
I think you mean John Buhmiller, who killed 127 elephants, primarily with cartridges of his own design, such as the one he created from the .378 Weatherby, which he necked up to .458 and Weatherby later adopted as the .460 Weatherby. I used a Weatherby case shortened to 2.500" and necked up to .505 caliber in a Buhmiller barrel to kill three elephants, five Cape buffalo and a rhino. I considered John my friend and mentor and it was he who invited me to a meeting of Game Coin International in San Antonio where I booked by first African hunt in 1971.
