I’ve found that a good muzzle brake doesn’t help keep me from blinking. A louder bang usually makes me blink even if it’s somebody else shooting. Having a suppressor has helped me. I still blink though
You could do one on why your bino harness has a bag in it that is a last resort, and when it’s opened your trip is over.
I’d like to hear one on the fundamentals of marksmanship, and why each part matters. Things like how much pressure to have against your shoulder or being relaxed or thumb...
3) As for elk hunting with a 223 (still blows my mind... but it has been well documented and proven!) Is it taking 2, 3, 4 shots on average to bring them down or are 85%+ one shot and down kills? (Yes, I know of and have seen many magnum hunters put multiple rounds in an elk before they tip...
Formidilosus - I couldn’t find the details on the contents of your emergency stash in your bino harness that you only open in a real emergency that’s the cue to you that you need to end your trip. Can you go over what’s in that and why you started doing that?
The most important thing I can say about this class is that being able to attend it was the opportunity of a lifetime. I mean it. To anyone interested in the class - it really is something you will look back on as a pivotal point in your shooting ability.
I was in the first class, and I want...
If all you’re after is a wool sweater, I think most anything will do. One of the things that sets this one apart is how they sewed the arms on. It fits great and allows you to really use your arms without it pulling it around.
I just had a chance to meet up with friends I haven’t seen in a while and told them about my hunting season. A deer and elk, one shot apiece, ran less than 50 yards and dead with the 223. I thought it would spark some interest in the little bullet but one of them says to me, “Hell I’ll loan you...
I don’t know the answer to this but I’d like to. I’m guessing 4 inches to get from hide to inside of the chest cavity broadside. Not through the shoulder, which would be more, but apparently not enough more to matter to hornady black 62s.
The original post asks what happens when, in what order, and why. The point is to understand it and avoid problems. I don’t think that repeatedly saying to not shoot hot loads has anything to do with the question.
I watched that when you posted about it before. O forgot exactly but I think he talked about moisture in the barrel acting like a lubricant and causing lower pressure and less velocity on cold bore shots.
My gunsmiths theory on why the first shot is regularly slower on the chrono has to do with...
That’s awesome. If I’d started with tikka for my 223, I’d be a barrel and one of these bolts away from a 22 creed.
Have you ever found their actions sold alone for less than the price of a full rifle?
That thread on incipient case head separation was awesome. And interesting that they said being over pressure isn’t necessarily causing that failure, just the over working of the brass. Thanks!