to my friends...

24 May 2010, 03:04

Bobby Tomek

to my friends...

Thanks to the incredible generosity of a number of members of the AR family during a very rough time for me, I was able to hang on to my hands-down favorite barrel: an untapered 20 1/8th Contender in 7mm Bullberry, a barrel that has accounted for countless hogs, some nice deer and a varmint or twenty over the years.

Little by little, I've picked up pieces here and there to get it back into action, and this weekend, it was back to being a complete rifle for the first time in months.

Heck, I even decided to try a new load: 34 grains H335 under the Speer 110 grain TNT. As you can see by the very first group I fired with my newly- assembled carbine (and the first range time I've enjoyed in a LONG time), it still shoots lights-out.

God-willing, I hope to officially put it back in action soon and pop a piggie or two. As soon as I am feeling strong enough, that is high on my priority list...

Thanks again to ALL of you for the generosity, the thoughts, the prayers and inspiration. I still am at a loss for words regarding such selfless acts.

Bobby

Bobby
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Mike

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Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.

What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.

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