22 September 2010, 08:38
asdftumbling big bore bullets
This comment by Terry Wieland in the new issue of
Rifle caught my attention:
quote:
in interviewing a number of PHs and my own experience in testing bullets in mediums, .470 NE bullets are not prone to tumbling after impact as are some other big-bore cartridges
Comments and observations please.
edit: wrong author -- see my post below22 September 2010, 09:44
Saeedquote:
Originally posted by asdf:
This comment by Terry Wieland in the new issue of
Rifle caught my attention:
quote:
in interviewing a number of PHs and my own experience in testing bullets in mediums, .470 NE bullets are not prone to tumbling after impact as are some other big-bore cartridges
Comments and observations please.
Yes, a load of bloody bullshit!
ALL bullets will tumble at one stage or another.
22 September 2010, 20:11
butchlocnever paid much attention to what wieland says
23 September 2010, 04:13
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by asdf:
This comment by Terry Wieland ......(blather) Comments and observations please.
this is the same "ex PURT" that says tons of trash about big bores .. he's afraid of recoil, and, well, full of prunes
he even feels there's no NEED or REASON for big bore rifles...
he's zumbo, all over again
23 September 2010, 08:14
Nitro ExpressTerry Wieland has to be one of, if not the most, overrated gun writers out there.
And beyond that, he's not even a very good writer.
23 September 2010, 21:20
asdfSorry folks, my goof!: that quote was from an article by Brian Pearce.