Another You Tube video stated the ammo velocity was actually 1100 ft/sec. Phil stated 1300 which seems awfully high. My ears rang at that number so maybe I imagined his expression as uncertainty. Was it an experimental loading or off the shelf? Huge difference. Anyway, fools taking that successful experience as advice won't nit pick over actual power levels. Debunking "only head shots work" was the most valuable testimony. And grizzlies are more dangerous than Alaskan browns makes for having a gun instead of spay as primary defense in the lower 48. Interesting man.
You pretty much gave away the plot/ending but how did YOU like the movie - you didn't mention that??? Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
The trailer said it was based upon a true story, so naturally I looked it up before I saw the movie. Sorry about the spoiler, I had thought this was obviously a sort of lightweight, pleasant dog yarn. It ain’t like Arthur was gonna get rabies like Ol’ Yeller and have to be shot.
I know that dogs can cover great distances, I once ran my ordinary heeler mutts (when they were alive) twenty miles off leash next to my bicycle which seemed no big deal to them. I’ve also read of a stray dog in Iraq that tracked a US armor unit that had fed it sixty miles across the desert (one guy eventually brung it back to the US). What is unexplained in the movie is how the dog found them after a -100 mile road bike section and another where they zip line across a deep canyon leaving no scent trail at all.
The real Arthur in Ecuador IIRC had followed at least two foreign expeditions at least twice before, not of the nature of an adventure race but apparently was generally familiar with the terrain.
Also, what you don’t get in this movie is a sense of the extreme physical strain on the human competitors, they cover extraordinary distances at a pace even an old-time Apache would find difficult. The actors are in shape of course but it doesn’t seem like they were put into a boot camp for a couple of months before or anything.
Not much dramatic tension in the movie, cliched incidents. Needs a reshoot focusing on the hardships of the race, just having the dog keep up with them would be enough, along with explanations showing how the dog solved the problems of finding them again.
On the plus side, I’m sure there ain’t much beyond what was pictured, but the forested Dominican mountain scenery was extraordinary, especially given it shares the island with Haiti. I was also impressed with the realistic depiction of Santo Domingo, the capital city of that nation.
Was out shooting one if my ruger 44 carbines. Shot a box of winchester white box. 60 yards and peeps. Can keep in the black all day. Have drt deer with it. 44 rem mag is a viable option
I shot one for skeet 26" IC and it double as a duck gun with an ounce of 7 1/2 early and an ounce of 5s late in the season after the teal and woodies were gone. Pre-steel days, traded it off for a SKB 100 for ducks and grouse.
Nothing fancy but I know some guys like these in 35 , I think they even count as a primitive weapon in a few southern states. Even comes with a usable Weaver . https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1046812990
Speed up them sliders .. a 12 pack of artisan dinner rolls layout your Burger a half to 3/4 larger than the buns cook as 1 giant Burger set rolls as they came out the pkg cut to fit ....12 to go please!
I don’t seem to be on the same page with the high post count pickers here so I’ll just throw out one more then cozy in with my J-45 and an amazing Wild Turkey Master’s Keep One I’ve kept back for when I got here to my lakehouse.
A finger picker in the Travis style I played with who came by it naturally. Don’t know how many of you know of Thom Bresh, but he was Merle Travis’ son, and a genius in his own right! RIP Merle and Thom. NOT Forgotten…
My most recent Model 70, I was talked into by reading 24HC. Apparently some sort of 2013/14 Supergrade Featherweight in 7x57 Mauser. Low production count as well iirc.
