Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Velocity!!! How important is it?

Since this thread involves some sort of logic and real world shooting by, apparent, hunters and shooters, my little buddy would say everyone who has posted in this thread has female genitals, sits on the couch, imagines and pretends everything they wrote herein because nobody is talking about 1000K plus yards, blah, blah, blah. In his world, none of what has been articulated herein even matters. I hope he is well.

Stick has the Milford; many of us don't.

I've always heard that called "holding on hair."

Absolutely !

It does NOT take a lot of practice shooting to SHOW its effectiveness. After I tried it a FEW Xs, I've never considered much of anything else.

That's why I like cartridges that yield 3100 fps and more. The faster----the flatter.

Just so I don't get called on the carpet>>> GOOD bullets are a must, Both in makeup & BC.


Jerry

Some people are legends in their own minds. If he's your buddy, you have my sympathy.


Jerry

When it comes to the homunculus from Alaska, the term "little buddy" is always used tongue in cheek, at least by me.

srrright !!

Jerry

If it is too slow, the bullet sometimes will not exit the barrel. That is important to know. Keep it in mind.

I've read through a lot of Sticks post and there is no doubt the man is educated concerning rifles. I remember Stick saying there is nothing one can't do with a
7mm-08 and a 162 amax leaving the muzzle at a pedestrian 2700 fps.

I'm thinking Stick would laugh in the face of MPBR endeavours when they only get one to the 400 yd line at best.

I personally think MPBR is rather useful and I sight nearly all my rifles to hold at top of back at 300 yds. For most bullets traveling 2700 or thereabouts it ends up being close to a 200 yd zero.



Trystan

I wasn't quoting Stick for his opinion on rifles and cartridges. I was quoting him for his quote.

I did, however, quote BobinNH for his opinion on rifles and cartridges, the point of which was to reinforce the position that if you haven't had animals hit cover before you had time to range them with a LRF, you haven't hunted much. Just as Bob said, even in the era of laser rangefinders, high velocity can be useful.

You may have missed where I say I personally think MPBR is useful IMO. I was agreeing with you and Bobin and others. My post wasn't intended to prove anyone wrong I was only making reference to the fact that no matter what anyone says Stick is going to counter with the do nothing gang stuff 😀


Trystan

Happens quite frequently where I'm hunting, and I wholeheartedly agree with BobinNH's 160gr/3000fps combo.

We're flopped prone here over a pack ,no bipod, no rear bag, at 300 yards.

7mm Mashburn. 2.5-3" high at 100.

Not in a real hurry for three shots but not screwing around either,about as fast as I could cycle and get back on target. It's a sneeze for that load and that's how I like it.





Same rifle, same load,same technique,except 500 yards with the second dot on a 6X Leopold. The help is there if it's needed past 300 yards and nothing wrong with that.

That's what I'm talkin' about.......

A 190gn long-range Accubond (BC .640) 2550mv has 10" of drift at 400yd.(10 mph x wind)
for a 180NP to display the same level of drift, it requires a whopping 3250mv.

Higher velocity is sometimes so overrated, nor is it always the best or only solution.

Absolutely yes, velocity is important.

Somewhere around 1950 I chose the model 155 RIFLE Daisy over the new Red Rider because it had a longer barrel, looked more like Dad's 300Sav, and was said to be FASTER.

From eight feet that thing could splat flies on the barn door and was fast enough to embed the BBs in the old Hemlock. I could open the leather punch on my Kamp King, dig them out, and shoot them over again. (early reloading) Two other boys had Red Riders and they, like 30-30s, just bounced off.

When I got my Winchester 32 Spl. I chose the model 64 over the 94 because of longer barrel. Velocity, you know. Never bounced off, never!

Don't dig em out with the Kamp King now but I do reload. Velocity!

S A L U T E'


That is impressive---- especially for 257 Roberts.

Jerry

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10163944/6

.257R at 3,250 fps with a 100 TTSX and H100V works well.

DF

Velocity is almost as overrated as most people's ability to consistently dope wind.