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Unicorns have horns, not antlers........


Think caliber/ chambering.....

Yeah,sure it is.

A Horn. At least here unicorns have a horn.

My dog dragged one of those big two-horned things into the yard that you put a pic of up. Pointy--you can't leave them laying around.

Jerry, FWIW I agree, we shouldn't "condemn" anyone for that, and I don't believe my comment went that far.

As I explained earlier, the only reason I made the flippant comment was, the guy's post struck me as being blowhard material. For the reasons stated. He also made a very similar post on the .257 Wby. thread " I have one, it's uber accurate, and I killed some great animals with it."

First two posts, all about me and my rifles and how accurate they are and all the animals I've killed. If he'd waited until the third or fourth posts, I wouldn't have said anything but I can't stand a blowhard.

If he'd taken it and come back and told me to GFM, I would've respected that, but he chose to whine so he gets no relief from me.

Plus, commenting on his use of the word "caliber" was more polite than calling BS on the consistent 5-shot 1/4 inch groups from a factory rifle with factory ammo., as others have pointed out.

I suspect there are plenty of people in the Forum that have experience with killing Unicorn. Perhaps they can weigh in on the structure of the horn/antler as well as the level of rifle accuracy required to take one.

I don't know what the 7LRM is or what it was based off of, but the 28 Nosler does offer something the other hyper-velocity rounds don't in that it works much better in standard LA rifles (magazine length) being shorter in length while still offering max powder capacity. Brass quality, according to John B, is supposed to be very high too. Downside is the price of the brass. When making a rifle based off of something like the 28 Nosler, I just accept the fact that it is a specialized rifle and concessions will need to be made.

Hey Smokey - I did't see your response yesterday, don't know how I missed it. Haven't been ignoring you.

Okay - I can see some of ALL this. I didn't read all of the 257 WBY thread so I haven't compared his posts.


I only noticed he is 'new' here and try to give newbeys a little wider birth than us OLD hands. (I'm not sure how to spell newby - newbee- newbey ?)
I haven't searched his posts but I haven't noticed him posting after his response.

Thnx for your answer. Sorry I missed it.


Jerry

edit to add: I just checked his post count and it's STILL 3.

No worries J, maybe I was just being a d***. I promise to cut the new guy some slack, if he decides to post again.

I was just having fun with the 1/4" 5 shot groups. If true I want that rifle.

My 280ai is built on a ruger action with a 1-9 26" tube. I tried lots of bullets and powders but it just didnt really like anything i tried. My fireform loads shot awesome with 175 sierra spbt. so i tried some 180vlds with some old h-870 i had lying around and found a charge of 60gr shot a ragged hole at 100yrds thought it was afluke so loaded it up some more and it loves that load. Not sure on the speed never had the chrono out. but i went up to 66gr and that was max and the accuracy fell off after the 60gr load.

I replicate antlers for a living and have never been asked to replicate unicorn antlers...just sayin. :-)

I've shot my beloved 280AI for about 30 years now, and am continually blown away with the accuracy of my fireforming loads...crazy ain't it?