Recent content by DaddyFlip

The last few posts reminded me of the Jay Leno interviews about why he doesn't buy Ferrari. If a certain brand can't or won't meet your expectations, someone else will.

There aren't any 100-grain ELD (Match or VT) in the Lyman 51st. Did you mean the 123-grain? What's the twist of your barrel? Describe the cheap Serbian cartridge...

It isn't; they are mutually exclusive concepts. The short stroke occurs when situational stress overcomes situational training. A non-hunting example (which I will keep simple): In defensive driving, it is taught to apply maximum braking (pedal to the floor with authority) and steer around an...

I quit in 2003 and haven't thought about it since, but I might want to fire up again for fun. My friend owned a local cigar store back then and I subscribed to Cigar Aficionado- I was really into the mid- to late 90's rage. I remember I liked a particular Dunhill and A.Fuente Hemingway Maduro...

One does not have to participate in or endorse everything that is legal just because they participate in or endorse some things that are legal. Smoking weed is legal in some jurisdictions. Some people in those jurisdictions disagree with the legality and abhor the practice. Maybe they like to...

I thought of a new twist on the SD topic. Before my hunting days ended over 20 years ago, I owned a .458 shooting 420- and 540-grain bullets; that's SDs of .286 and .368. The cartridge manufacturer never mentioned SD in those days (they do now on one of their offerings) but touted the John...

I agree with all of this.

No need to cast aspersions. Would you hunt DG with a 7mm Rem Mag, 190gr. match bullet with SD of .337? If not, SD is not tops for DG or any G...

If you have stumbled upon several of my other posts, you'll know I don't hunt and I won't ever go to Africa. Ballistic theory and mathematics, which we are investigating here, are immune to such practical limitations. However, were you to drag me to Africa, I could bring either 375H&H or...

It's not that SD doesn't matter; it's that the two factors that make up SD matter more and SD does not (and doesn't have to) enter into the everyday conversation of cartridge and bullet selection. If it soothes one to remember "ye olde 0.330", then by all means. My new analogy is this...

I avoided this thread until it got to Page 9, simply because I didn't know what CBL was and I've enjoyed the debate. I think the only thing that matters is that we remain civil toward one another during the debate; challenge the opinion, not the one who opines. As a retired (aka non-) hunter...

@IvW gave me an idea how to better illustrate why SD doesn't matter (is not a factor). Consider the following Hornady projectiles - Same "ideal top performing SD for DG of .330"; which one are you choosing for your buffalo hunt? You didn't pick the 416 because of SD, you picked it for (1)...

We beat this horse to death many moons ago. Sectional density is merely a calculation, not a metric; it is, however, made up of two metrics that do matter... diameter and weight. Sectional density doesn't care about the shape, construction, material, color or brand of the projectile. It is a...

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I did not mean to imply there was no plan or the plan was wrong. Then the PH decided it best to anchor the animal in place with the shoulder shot. It looked like the client's first shot hit a little low and the animal was able to spin wildly, making follow ups a chance affair of getting shots...