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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Hunter-Habib's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with
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He started with .303 British Lee Enfield. Then, he went to 7x57mm Mauser John Rigby & Co. Model 1 (which accounted for 800 of his 1011... -
GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Mark A Ouellette's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
I very much agree with you, shoot as large a rifle as one can master. Personally, I can thread a needle with a .375 but for elephant...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Schaapen's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
Bell used a 6.5X54 Mannlicher Schoenauer first before he ran out of ammo and migrated to the 7X57. He was very successful with both as...
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GSnowing currently so I’m hunkered down in the reloading room, here’s a few from today. 338 win mag cases sized up to 416 Taylor thru the...
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GGrumpy gumpy replied to the thread Inside the Rigby Big Game Vintage.I found these two boxes, couldn’t find the box of metric equivalent primed brass or the other old box of projectiles, I moved a couple...
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GPictured here next to a .308 Winchester. It uses a 670gr heeled bullet in a 378 Weatherby case that's cut at the shoulder. The OAL ends...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to SStomcat's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
I have a 9.3X62 that I love, pretty much same recoil to me as my 375 H&H, both weigh similar right in the 9.5 to 10 pound range. A good...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Doug3006's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
No more unpleasant than a 458 Lott? That’s damning with faint praise, I think? ;)
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Hunter-Habib's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
Hi, Tdsmith517. To be very fair, I’ve always loathed the recoil of factory Weatherby brand .460 Weatherby Magnum ammunition in factory...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to Hunter-Habib's post in the thread The Cannon Myth: Why I'd Rather Hit Than Bruise with Like.
Young man, you have absolutely nothing to feel like a wimp for. A sportsman must never be judged by his (in)ability to counteract rifle...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to fourfive8's post in the thread Scope eye - who has been cut by their scope? with
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Did it a couple of times years ago. Neither very deep not serious. One a 30-06 and one a 338WM. Crawl a stock that is already too short... -
GGrumpy gumpy reacted to PARA45's post in the thread Scope eye - who has been cut by their scope? with Like.
I've been lucky. I've been touched by the scope. but never cut. However, I can't say the say about a shotgun. When I was a kid, I...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to rookhawk's post in the thread Scope eye - who has been cut by their scope? with Like.
with a monte carlo stock, especially. A proper British stock is designed so as you shoot uphill and your tricep retracts, your face is...
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GGrumpy gumpy reacted to TX049's post in the thread Scope eye - who has been cut by their scope? with Like.
I've never had scope eye, but I did dislocate a bicep the first time I fired a 12ga shotgun around 10 or 11 years old. I was afraid of...
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GGrumpy gumpy replied to the thread Scope eye - who has been cut by their scope?.I have a 404, no problems, a 458 wind bag with stout loads, no problems, 8x68S , no problems at all, my 223 culling rifle with a rubber...
