Colorado Lead-Free Pilot Program

[ElPollo]

Last year I tried copper with my 6.5 creed. Learned a lesson from that. 6.5 and copper dont mix. It is too fast and at 80 yards i shot a buck a bit behind the sweet spot and it just stood there. I took an additional shot and hit about 2 inches lower. The buck moved up the hill about 30 yards stopped and turned and looked back. Hit hit him again through the neck and he took off. Tracked him with my hunting partner and found him down next to a log. As we were about 10 yards from him he jumped up and took off my hunting buddy dropped him for good with a 300 win mag. All three of my copper 6.5 creed went in and out of the buck the same size hole.

Not all copper bullets are the same, but most of them require higher speeds to open, are less prone to fragment, and generally result in much smaller wound channels. If you are truly limited to non-lead, you may want to look at the DRT bullets. They tend to perform about like a Berger and probably have about a 2000 fps lower impact velocity for them to fragment. Probably the best available non lead bullet on the market right now.

 

[OXN939]

Or you can refuse to capitulate to unsound theories

My end state is actually the exact opposite of capitulation... If you gift the other team too many lay ups, you usually lose the game.

Look at waterfowl hunting and big game in California, then consider how things are going to be 20 years from now. Pretty sure that change is coming, no matter how any of us feel about it. The decision is simply whether you want to get ahead of it or get run over.

 

[Bluumoon]

Ugh. Let’s rephrase..

You must clean your rifle barrel.

Why ?

Because you must clean your rifle barrel .

Do I get more precision or longer barrel life?

The barrel cleaning companies and “common sense” say you must clean your rifle barrel.

But, don’t they have a vested interest in me cleaning my barrel?


If you can’t listen to reason we shall write a law saying you must clean your rifle barrel.

Wouldn’t that impede on personal choice to have a more stable and predictable barrel?

You shall now only be able to purchase a rifle with a cleaning rod and cleaning clause w purchase agreement .

 

[Bluumoon]

They're just cool man. I like seeing golden eagles when I'm out in the sagebrush the same way I like seeing elk, songbirds, mountains. You don't need to join the Audubon society and go full bird nerd to check out a kestrel perched on a powerline by a wheatfield.

Indeed they are cool (and abundant!) and they love prairie dog carrion year round (another issue w some of the studies). Turns out golden eagles are equally fond of prairie dogs as well. Ospreys and kestrels appear in near equal abundance in my little corner of the world. They are undeniably cool.

 

[displacedtexan]

Or you can refuse to capitulate to unsound theories based on biased and poorly (kind way of saying it) formed conclusions.

Really we need to improve the general populations (and more importantly appointed board members) ability to evaluate studies design/merit and their conclusions rather than take on good faith that researchers are blindly forming hypothesis and presenting data w out bias.

If your research job/lively hood/phd depends on your study leading to further funding, might you portray your results (consciously or unconsciously) in a certain way?

People on both sides of virtually every issue attack research that challenges what they already believe...

Confirmation bias is real, on both ends.