Most altercations are cleverly put, it leaves one asking oneself if he has truely just been shat on, or praised.............

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Originally posted by Neil-PH:
Most altercations are cleverly put, it leaves one asking oneself if he has truely just been shat on, or praised.............

Neil - I think Steve handled that one pretty well?? Sometimes its hard to tell, as he cleverly hides his true intentions.

I never hide anything mate and I'm suprised you think I do..... but ah well, I guess you can't please all of the people all of the time.

To get back on topic...

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
I don't care what anyone else thinks or does. Thats there business BUT I will never shot (sic) a barnes bullet again

Good news! That leaves more for the rest of us that think they do an excellent job.

I believe ddrhook.Chromemoly rifled barrels were invented to shoot lead and jacketed lead bullets,not monometal solids or softs.

it's amazing. you give a little info on this forum and people cry and bitch and scream like you have slapped there mothers.Dam since when is a bullet a holy icon. All I did was post what happen. the ammo rep. did not disagree. it was a malfuction of the bullet. end of story

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
it's amazing. you give a little info on this forum and people cry and bitch and scream like you have slapped there mothers.Dam since when is a bullet a holy icon. All I did was post what happen. the ammo rep. did not disagree. it was a malfuction of the bullet. end of story

ddrhook - I don't doubt your account one bit, its certainly possible the bullet failed! I for one meant no dis-respect, however I have always had excellent results with the Barnes line of bullets, with one exception.

Now, I'm no bullet expert, perhaps someone who knows more can weigh in on this one. But I know that I have a particular .338 RUM that WILL NOT shoot the Barnes bullets worth a darn. I think because of the fact that they are copper, they are also longer, and the barrel needs to have the correct twist ratio to stable the longer Barnes bullets? When I shoot them out of my .338 RUM, they are all over the place, they simply won't stable out. But out of my .375 RUM they shoot great! Not sure the difference, but there is one? Perhaps that could have been your problem, and the bullets were not stabilizing before hitting the target, causing the mal-function? Your gun just may not like em. Did you have any problems getting the gun to shoot very accurately, when you originally sighted it in??

ddrhook -

Since it sounds like it was "factory ammo" that you were using, since you were discussing it with an "ammo rep", could it have been "faulty" ammo? Maybe that particular shell was underloaded by the manufacturer thus resulting in a negative result? That's one reason I don't hunt with factory ammo anymore and load my own.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
it's amazing. you give a little info on this forum and people cry and bitch and scream like you have slapped there mothers.Dam since when is a bullet a holy icon. All I did was post what happen. the ammo rep. did not disagree. it was a malfuction of the bullet. end of story

The only way we will learn, is to post all of our failures and successes. No bullet made by anyone is immune to failing once in awhile. It is when we see many failures that we should rate the bullet as a poor design.

465H&H

There is on bullet that will never fail, it is the Jesus Christ Bullet, but I just can't seem to find them anywhere!

Has anyone shot the nitro 700? I am curious as to the recoil a gun of that magnitude exhibits? Seems to me like it would be awful.

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Originally posted by rhromm:
Has anyone shot the nitro 700? I am curious as to the recoil a gun of that magnitude exhibits? Seems to me like it would be awful.

No, but I've shot a .600. I'd imagine it's about the same level of recoil, but in a heavier rifle.

Brett

rhromm
Yes I have played with a .700 and yep, it pushes a bit. The one I have shot weighs in at 19.5 pounds
and the weight helps. I have fired much lighter .600 NE's and found the recoil much worse than the .700. It was fun? to shoot, but in MHO it is not a practical rifle from a weight, ammo cost. Like a Rolls Royce ,nice to own, but not to park at the mall !

Rhromm,

Got to do that at Big Doggy 700's place last September. A nice Searcy, but a bit light at 14 lbs. It was worse than shooting his Four Bore Double.

Rich
DRSS

I have little experience compared to Saeed and some of you other guys but I love the triple shock on larger game. For me it obviates the need for a solid of any kind on anything I hunt.

Elephant hunting would probably find me using solids but that probably won't happen. Elephant evoke emotions in me that other animals don't. I'm not suggesting others shouldn't hunt them, quite the opposite is true, just not me.