Greetings Bumblefoot, I clean my primer pockets too but with a small screwdriver. I know it is supposed to be pointless but like doing it so why not. My callipers are a Mitutoyo metric set I bought...
Liked On: 11-09-2021, 03:21 PM
Greetings Micky, Jhon and Mimms, I ran some test loads that included AR2206, AR2206H and others in my .308 last year. In every case AR2206 was faster than AR2206H. With the 125 grain Speer TNT...
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 01:22 PM
Greetings Micky and All, Had a bit of a dig. The 41 grain load of AR2206 with the 150 grain in the .303 quoted in your 1986 pamphlet is a copy of the load in Cyril Waterworth's book for AR2201. This...
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 12:07 PM
Greetings Micky, Jhon and Mimms, I ran some test loads that included AR2206, AR2206H and others in my .308 last year. In every case AR2206 was faster than AR2206H. With the 125 grain Speer TNT...
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 09:24 AM
Greetings Micky, Jhon and Mimms, I ran some test loads that included AR2206, AR2206H and others in my .308 last year. In every case AR2206 was faster than AR2206H. With the 125 grain Speer TNT...
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 08:55 AM
Greetings All, With this thread now up to 230 posts it would be safe to say that there is still interest in hunting with a .303 even if largely ceremonial. Most of those posting seem to have a few...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 08:49 PM
Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
Liked On: 08-09-2021, 08:36 PM
Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:02 PM
Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 09:59 PM
Greetings 300-BLK, No this was a New Zealand Ron that lived in Napier up until his death. Ron Spomer is a different Ron that wrote for Handloader and Rifle a few years back. I rather enjoyed his...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:54 PM
Greetings Woody, That was my thinking exactly but lacking the hands on experience I let Ron speak for himself. Thankyou for your input. It is horses for courses and the Foot pounds force or Joules...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:30 AM
Greetings All, Trying to compare the knockdown power of projectiles using maths can be an exercise in futility. It is relatively easy to calculate how many foot pounds force or Joules of energy a...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:12 AM
Greetings Again Micky and All, The following chapter "Why Bullets Kill" and the one after that "Efficient Game Killing" in Bruce and Matt's book is excellent giving the ins and outs of shot...
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 08:27 PM
Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 12:09 PM
Greetings Moa Hunter, I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...
Liked On: 05-09-2021, 11:37 PM