Quickload provides a recoil estimation based on the load you have plugged in at the time and the mass of the rifle. Don’t know how accurate it is but the numbers change in the direction you would...
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 03:48 PM
Just might go in my 30-06 too.
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 12:03 PM
If I can only keep one rifle it would be my 308. Common and readily available. Wide range of shootable projectile weights. Can load it down, can load it hot. Most importantly it just knocks...
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 12:03 PM
pooforpee=twoforfree=EBRG.....
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 12:03 PM
my poohseventy did it all for years...bought a .223 so I could do wallaby shooting cheaper and with less recoil.... still love both rifles... sort of inherited a .308 by default (long painful...
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 12:03 PM
Agreed. A 260, Creedmoor, or 6.5 Lapua would be hard to beat if you had to have just one rifle. But the 308 is very efficient for 95% of the hunting that I do, so no need to change
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 12:03 PM
An aside: why do 1oz 12g slug loads seem to kick harder than 11/4oz no.5 shot loads? Higher velocity?
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 10:30 AM
Is that you, kotuku???
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 10:29 AM
I specifically kept velocity and projectile weight the same..... definately agree longer barrels are MUCH nicer to shoot.
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 08:45 AM
You people make it hard - more bang juice= bigger bang = more recoil. Equation solved, now off to go find a life.......
Liked On: 13-08-2020, 08:44 AM
so a for example..150grn projectie going at 2500fps we have many options to do it... given same weight of rifle theoretically recoil SHOULD be the same. the rocket gas effect.......now add...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 08:42 PM
45/70 it is then.... another oldie calibre...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 06:27 PM
grandpamac I'm disappointed that some hussy temptress calibre has swayed you away from the solid reliable "three-oh". I once looked up to you as an icon; but no more! Oh shit that's right; I just...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 06:27 PM
I can see the venerable 7x57 making a come back soon ..... under some god awful name drempt up by the marketing muppets at Hornady. :thumbsup:
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 06:19 PM
Availability of factory ammunition should be a consideration. Little point in owning something obscure you either have to handload for or order specially and going on a 10 day hunt only to find your...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 06:19 PM