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Hear ya go, an article written by an honest-to-goodness “gunriter” in an actual magazine (if e-zines qualify, a subject for another time) that re-enforces all your core beliefs and notions about sporting arms. He makes some excellent points, and if you, like the author ignore some pertinent and inconvenient truths you’ll come away from reading it feeling fully vindicated about all those naysayer posts you’ve made. Enjoy!

https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/confessions-of-a-lead-slinging-luddite/?mc_cid=5d1b00f36d

Of course many of the points he makes are true, but he seems lost in the mists of time, dreaming about a world that is long gone, but doing his level best to recreate it, if only in his imagination. That's certainly one way to go through life...

I'd never heard of Roger Pinckney, but I sure enjoyed the article that you have posted.

I don't agree with his statement that the 250-3000 is superior to the 243 or that the 87 grain bullet is useless, but everyone has an opinion, some even based on actual experience.

"The 250 Savage, invented in 1915, was the first commercial round to crack 3,000 feet per second and was marketed as the 250-3000, though that was with a useless 87-grain bullet. The round really comes into its own with the 100-grain round-nose at 2,800, far superior to the much newer 243 Winchester that tends to get sketchy up against thick-skinned mature boars, often to a hunter’s dismay and peril.".

Pappy,
Fun little article and I find myself agreeing with most of it on one level. But I enjoy my variable scope, synthetic stock, decoppering powder, and high-tech bullets at the same time. Thanks!

I do that, a lot, but occasionally achieve a breakthrough, especially with guns. I mean, how many 98s can one old fart actually use?

I singed up for that free daily when I subscribed to the regular magazine. Enjoying both, along with Sports Afield. Lets hope they survive.

Enjoyed that - Thanks for posting the link!

Good reading, and thanks for posting. I guess I'm somewhat of a luddite when it comes to that stuff. Sometimes I sort of miss the days when I could easily obtain things like 6.5mm bullets for my 6.5x55, before the demand for them increased so much.

Modern cartridge components have improved/changed things about a hundred time more than any new hedstamp has. Not that other improvements haven't, but a great bullet means a lot more than less body taper or altered shoulder angle.

Think shotguns for instance. New gauges/headstamps didn't appear & change the game, same 12 or 20, just better stuff inside.

Enjoyed the article, thanks Pap

There are a lot of us old phart gun nuts but sadly the guys buying the latest whizbang rifles and cartridges are the ones spending their money and thus driving the market for things that go BANG.
OTOH I just rebarreled a 308 to 6.5 Creed and love it.

Excellent article filled with truths, many too painful for "modern man" to acknowledge.

He's got a good grasp on firearms, but not the people who use them.

It also includes several technical errors:

A-Square Partition? A-Square's soft-nose bullet was the Dead Tough, a very different design. He may have been thinking of the Swift A-Frame.

Useless 87-grain bullet? Speer's 87-grain Hot-Cor is designed for the .250, with a jacket as thick as their 100-grain .25 Hot-Cor, and works well on deer

He is also mistaken about using 100-grain round-nose bullets in the .250. The original Savage bullet was a spitzer, though not as pointy as many today. I have an original box of Savage factory ammo which featured a 100-grain spitzer.

Karamojo Bell did not switch to the 7x57 due to being "wearied of searching for ammo for his 6.5x54." Instead the Austrian 6.5x54 ammo he ordered in large lots started splitting cases upon firing.

"Most modern chamberings of 7x57 use the standard American twist-rate of 1:10." I have yet to measure the twist on any of the several commercial American 7x57s I've owned, both military and commercial, and found a 1:10 twist. Most American sporters feature a twist around 1:9, the same as for most other American 7mm cartridges. 1:10 is the standard American twist-rate for .30 caliber rounds.

I've not cracked open an issue of that magazine in years, but recall that such errors were more common there than in other magazines.

I made it through paragraph 3.

there's not been a significant advance in firearms technology since the 1930's

Oh, please. Movin' on.

Oh wait, he did do me a favor. Just one more writer I can skip.

Good article, thanks. If you look at it from a hunter's perspective what he uses and writes about will still work for a lot of hunting. Got to admit I like and shoot the old rifles, Best deer I ever shot was with a 7x57. I guess he never tried the 30-06. That ones been in continuous production for 120 years and still popular today.

Nice article. I enjoyed reading it on this rainy morning.
PJ

Not at all uncommon, both in print, and especially from YouTubers, even some of my favorites. Saw one just yesterday that said Kimber’s been making 1911s for “40 years”.

Can’t say I’ve ever caught you in error, but I live in hope😛

For subscribers, Petzal’s got a great one in the latest issue of Gray’s on one of my favorite subjects: Lunch.


That one contains an error of omission, he neglected the leftover Thanksgiving turkey sandwich, a staple of us in the East during deer season.

I hope to have ours gone so to start over at Christmas. Thanksgiving dinner for 8 - 11 with rug-rats - would have fed 50, at least. Walked in, and there were two tables of food set up, food stacked in the hall, food stacked out on the deck. (dogs never even tried it!). I then made 4 trips from our car bringing in more food, and got reamed the next day after finding the buns still in the car, under some cloth grocery bags...

So my wife invited a neighbor couple over last night and made a whole new complete Thanksgiving dinner for about 8.... Turkey and all. The only leftovers from the day before served was some bean dish.

I'd go "ice" my tendonitis, but no way I'm opening that fridge/freezer!