Please feel free to help me out on this.

Following are what I consider "Dead Horse Issues" on Accurate Reloading. The reason I am calling them "Dead Horse Issues", are as follows:

1. There will never be 100% agreement on them.

2. Everyone that has an opinion on these subjects feels that their opinion is the only correct opinion and no amount of contradictory evidence is going to change their mind.

3. Dead, has several degrees of being.

Last but not least, they are what keep this place fun and interesting.

"Dead Horse Issues"

1. Premium Bullets.

2. .223 as a "Deer" rifle.

3. 35 Whelen vs. 9.3x62.

4. Hunting inside a high fence.

5. "Tipping".

6. Anything concerning Peter Hathway Capstick.

Anyone else have any topics they feel are "Dead Horse Issues". You will notice that I did not list anything from the ARPF as everything on there is a "DHI"!

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Please feel free to help me out on this.

Dead, has several degrees of being.

.223 as a "Deer" rifle.

This is an interesting topic. I'll think about and may post later, but for now, IMO, anything re the 223 is deader that dead (including the deer shot with it) . I have no idea why anyone would want to discuss such a useless cartridge at all.

KB

Maybe there needs to be a dead horse topic rating system
Dead horse
Dead right there horse
Struck by hammer of Thor dead horse
All the above and decomposed dead horse
Zombie return of the living dead horse.

How about 30-06 vs 270?

I think trying to make people view these as a dead horse is a

CRF vs. push feed.

Or detachable magazines vs. floor plates.


Especially when everyone knows that a push feed with detachable magazine is the way to go.

ramrod340, some folks got it evidently you are in a different group.

Dead Horse Issue definition: An issue that will never be resolved due to differences of opinion on said issue. These issues can also be considered circular in that the discussions/arguements about them start and end at the same point.

As I said in the OP, these type discussions keep AR interesting, but it doe not change the fact that they are issues that will never be resolved to anyone's satisfaction.

Another DHI is Antler Restrictions In Texas.

The DHI's are fun and provide a lot of useful information to those willing to take the time to sort thru the BS and hyperbole, but by their very nature, they will never be reolved, and I don't see that as being a bad thing. JMO.

lacey act
ethical hunting
emotional maturity
intellectual honesty

"Hunting" deer or hogs, from a heated and dry stand overlooking a corn feeder set to a timer to spin corn just after daylight, and just before dark.

KB

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Originally posted by Kabluewy:
"Hunting" deer or hogs, from a heated and dry stand overlooking a corn feeder set to a timer to spin corn just after daylight, and just before dark.

KB

That's what we call hunting hard. I don't run a heater so it's especially hard.

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"Hunting" deer or hogs, from a heated and dry stand overlooking a corn feeder set to a timer to spin corn just after daylight, and just before dark.

In actuality this one is not a DHI.

Looked at realistically, it is not actually hunting, it is shooting/shopping, trying to decide which animal the person will shoot.

Additionally, here in Texas because of the lack of Public Land, one of the reasons so many Texans go to other states and countries where they can actually hunt, people wanting to "Hunt" here at home are really limited as to what they can do and be successful.

The only DHI aspect of this is personal definition of what is or is not "Hunting".

That's why I put the word "hunting" in quotes.

Oh, may I add to your list of DHI subjects - poking fun at Texans. I know it's a DHI, but I just enjoy it so much.

And let's not forget to include long range shooting within the "hunting" debate.

Don't forget about the 50 BMG, and where it fits in the shooting world.

KB

Yes, yes, yes.... Anything concerning the Winchester Model 70

The king of all DHI is 223 vs deer. It's about time someone starts another thread on this issue.

And the infernal 700 safety and trigger, and unintentional discharges, and the factory extractor vs the Sako style extractor, and the clones vs tweeking a factory action, blind magazine vs hinged bottom metal vs DBM, etc., etc., barrrrrff!!!!!

KB

CIP cartridges vs SAAMI cartridges.

KB

The Blaser hunting rifle.

KB

Mark Sullivan

Every topic on AR seems to be DEAD HORSE issue!

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ramrod340, some folks got it evidently you are in a different group

Guess I just march to a different drum Or I hadn't had enough

What I learned on AR...was spawned by dead horses

Here are my inputs:

1. Wood versus synthetic stocks
2. Heating treating/setback of milsurp Mausers
3. Long range hunting shots (I guess you could lump this under "ethical hunting")
4. Any claimed superiority of one cartridge over another when the difference is less than .030" and 300FPS
5. Gunmakers that take people's down payment and don't deliver on schedule
6. Catastrophic receiver failures

The hunt report by that guy who shot a horse.

Is everyone afraid to even say the words???


"FORTY FIVE SEVENTY"

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"FORTY FIVE SEVENTY"

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Dead Horse Issues!!!!

Ackley Improved

Controlling posts

300WSM and why it was needed

Dead Horse Issues
1. Shot placement is everything
2. While you can kill a horse with a 223, practical minimum caliber is 7mm and above
3. It is not ethical to shoot a horse while you are riding it, you can shoot from a vehicle only if local laws and your outfitter approve.

Matchkings as a hunting bullet.

How about

-new Barrel break-in Need for, OR how to's

-superiority of cut rifling to button rifled or hammer-forged barrels

-How many shots in a valid test group

-accuracy of free-floated barrels over bedded ones

-inferiority of belted magnum cases

-Superiority of 7x64 to .280 Rem

-Lack of need for ANY new cartridge (pick whichever cartridge you like)

-How useful $1,200 scopes are for deer hunters

DHI's?

F**k 'Em ..... I'm just writing a response so I can see my name in print .....

Thank you Vapodog! The suspense was killing me.

Long term validity of WSSMs

Short term the validity of the WWSMs

Anything SmokinJ has to say

carpetmans use of 55 gr varmint bullets on deer

KB

375 Ruger vs. 375 H&H

45/70 for dangerous game

minimum energies to kill game

Dead horse issues ...

Sounds like a normal discussion.

Double rifles versus magazine rifles for African dangerous game hunting.