Gun writer statements that are no longer applicable or you don't agree with.

[DJ Fergus]

Would like to hear if you guys have any things that you heard in old hunting and shooting magazines that you don't think are applicable anymore or that you don't agree with concerning rifles, cartridges, bullets or barrels.

 

[Dr. Vette]

inherently accurate

 

[DJ Fergus]

inherently accurate

Whew, I'm not going to comment on that in order to keep peace between everyone here, LOL. That's a long bumpy road to go down.

 

[ducky]

Ft-lbs of energy needed to kill elk or anything else.

 

[ORCON]

Not sure if this came from a gun rag but bullets that need to "settle down" mid flight in order to be accurate.

 

[Savage 12BVSS]

Nobody needs more than 9 power in a hunting scope........

Scope companies beat their scopes to death on recoil testers and than sell them to the public half wore out......

Those guy's in Pa shooting mountain to mountain (1000yds) won't even kill game if they manage to hit em'.........

Those short magnum's are a fad, be gone in a couple years......

 

[J E Custom]

Best hunting rifle

J E CUSTOM

 

[memtb]

Would like to hear if you guys have any things that you heard in old hunting and shooting magazines that you don't think are applicable anymore or that you don't agree with concerning rifles, cartridges, bullets or barrels.

On this site.......that would be my "signature line"! It seems that many are "minimalist" when hunting game! Obviously, I don't follow trends! memtb

 

[DJ Fergus]

Petzel made comments when reviewing some magnum caliber rifles, 300wm was one he reviewed and he sort of dinged the manufacturer for putting a 26" barrel on it. Said the manufacturer should have put on a 22" or 24" He apparently hated 26" barrels. His preference. But not everyone wants a 300 wm 24" Which if a fellow was tree stand hunting all the time I could understand. But if I were tree stand hunting, I probably wouldn't buy a 300wm soley for that purpose. He seemed to sell himself as the know it all of rifles. Seems like he would have been smart enough to know folks would be better suited with something besides 300 win mag if they wanted a short quick handling rifle.

 

[RevJim]

"The best 7mm Mag elk load is the plain Remington 150 corlokt ammo...you have to 'shock" an elk"...

"The reason the 7mm Rem Mag is such a killer on elk is the bullet 'tumbles" in flight"....

Any and all use of Military FMJ/30-06 loads on elk, whether you filed the nose off or not!

 

[358 WCF]

I remember reading somewhere (& heard it repeated over & over) about how difficult & finicky 220 Swift was to load for.

 

[Antonio m]

The .270 is a **** fine coyote gun...same author made a 600 yard revolver shot on a mule deer. There are others.....

 

[elkaholic]

Years ago someone wrote an article that the std 30-06 actually outperformed the Ackley version.
HE RAN THE SAME CHARGE IN BOTH RIFLES. DUH!

 

[DJ Fergus]

Years ago someone wrote an article that the std 30-06 actually outperformed the Ackley version.
HE RAN THE SAME CHARGE IN BOTH RIFLES. DUH!

Wow, ran the same charge. That really says alot about his knowledge of loading cartridges. Lol