No Bullets Left, Taking up Golf

[james wadkins]

Killing game animals sure has gotten a lot harder since the internet and these here forums…

Hey Gary!! How you doing buddy????

 

[Northkill]

 

[Quintus]

Must be a slow day! Looking forward to your comments on the Golf Balls.

It is interesting that when people get on the internet they seem to forget that most engineered products represent a compromise of between differing requirements, both physics and economic and when something doesn't perform they way they expect its the products fault.

It is painfully slow. The whole thread is an acknowledgement of the compromises. It is actually the point of it. I am too busy fishing to golf anyway. My best crankbaits thread may be next if these guys I am waiting on at work don't hurry up and commission the rest of these cameras.

 

[Pdvdh]

^^^^^^ Must be someone is missing a sense of humor !

It's been proven that 35-40% of responders never read the thread, prior to posting their input.

 

[crashlanding]

Switch to shooting a 6.5 creedmoor, it goes well with golf, man bun and all.

 

[Gary in MD]

Hey Gary!! How you doing buddy????

I'm suffering through the winter doldrums like everyone, I guess.
How about you?

 

[CRP003]

I think you're on to something...
Army tests bullets with dimples:
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It looks too ornamental.

 

[FireFlyFishing]

Switch to shooting a 6.5 creedmoor, it goes well with golf, man bun and all.

Any bullet works with that cartridge. As does any primer, case, or powder. You don't need a scope as it always finds its target. Pretty remarkable, really.

 

[tomcat818]

It looks too ornamental.

I was surprised it was a 308 it would look & perform much better in 6.5 Creed I'm sure.

 

[muledeerhntr]

If I may answer your question! A recently purchased Tee Shirt thanks to credible information found right here on LRH! memtb

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Awesome shirt!

 

[The Oregonian]

I can't believe how many folks thought this was a serious post.

 

[asd9055]

I am giving up. Over the years I have thought I found the perfect bullet sooo many times, only to find out it probably will not work at all. here is what I have learned.

Sierra Pro Hunter - Standard CnC flatbase!? Duh no explanation needed
Sierra Gameking - Too old, BC too low, too tough, too soft.
Nosler Ballistic Tip - Way too explosive (old bullet) new bullet too tough, marginal BC, tips melt no availability.
Nosler Accubond - BC too low, too tough, too hard to find, too much frontal diameter, seldom bang flop in brush country.
Nosler Accubond LR - Too finicky, not accurate, too soft, to hard at low velocity no exit, no blood trail.
Nosler Partition - Design ok, but too old and BC of a flat base, terrible accuracy - good out to long bow range. FUDD bullets for sure.
Speer...Does Speer still make bullets? We all just know they don't work.
Berger - VLD, Hybrid, Classic Hunter, OTM, EOL, - Over expand, match bullets not hunting bullets, pencil through, no exit, too big an exit, too long, too hard to tune, sponsor bad guys, too hard to find in hard times, Tips plug.
Hornady SST - Too explosive to kill anything, cannelures are ugly, tips melt.
Hornady ELDM - Match bullet, too soft, too hard, no blood trail.
Hornady ELDX - Should be more like the ELDM, way too hard, BC not as good as Berger
Hornady Spire point - lead tip, flat base, nuff said.
Hammer Hunter - Mono, Oil no oil, terrible-overinflated BC, too speed-twist-moon phase-elevation-camo pattern dependent.
Hammer Tipped - Mono, Terrible BC, too speed-twist-moon phase-elevation-camo pattern dependent, Tips comp and shape is bad, tip color is no good.
Badlands - Mono, no longer available, too hard to tune - not around long enough to thoroughly destroy.
Barnes TSX - Mono, low BC, pencils through, way too inaccurate, too velocity dependent, another long bow range bullet.
Barnes TTSX - Mono, low BC, tips melt and plug, pencils through, way too inaccurate, too velocity dependent, another long bow range bullet.
Swift Scirocco - Too hard, too hard to tune, too soft, over inflated BC.
Swift A-Frame - great for dugga boys and Ellefants, only effective to maybe 100 yards.

I have loaded all of these and killed or dressed game killed with all of these bullets. We have not failed to recover any of the animals we shot with these bullets. Some of these options did not suit my taste from a performance/wound channel standpoint, but I couldn't say that of them that were used within their stated design parameters failed. I still load most of these bullets for myself, family or friends. That said, given the extensive exhibits presented over the years on these very interwebs, there is not one single bullet that can be trusted on a multi-thousand dollar hunt to kill the trophy of a lifetime.

I wonder which golf balls are best?

I took back up motorcycle riding again.

 

[CRP003]

I am giving up. Over the years I have thought I found the perfect bullet sooo many times, only to find out it probably will not work at all. here is what I have learned.

Sierra Pro Hunter - Standard CnC flatbase!? Duh no explanation needed
Sierra Gameking - Too old, BC too low, too tough, too soft.
Nosler Ballistic Tip - Way too explosive (old bullet) new bullet too tough, marginal BC, tips melt no availability.
Nosler Accubond - BC too low, too tough, too hard to find, too much frontal diameter, seldom bang flop in brush country.
Nosler Accubond LR - Too finicky, not accurate, too soft, to hard at low velocity no exit, no blood trail.
Nosler Partition - Design ok, but too old and BC of a flat base, terrible accuracy - good out to long bow range. FUDD bullets for sure.
Speer...Does Speer still make bullets? We all just know they don't work.
Berger - VLD, Hybrid, Classic Hunter, OTM, EOL, - Over expand, match bullets not hunting bullets, pencil through, no exit, too big an exit, too long, too hard to tune, sponsor bad guys, too hard to find in hard times, Tips plug.
Hornady SST - Too explosive to kill anything, cannelures are ugly, tips melt.
Hornady ELDM - Match bullet, too soft, too hard, no blood trail.
Hornady ELDX - Should be more like the ELDM, way too hard, BC not as good as Berger
Hornady Spire point - lead tip, flat base, nuff said.
Hammer Hunter - Mono, Oil no oil, terrible-overinflated BC, too speed-twist-moon phase-elevation-camo pattern dependent.
Hammer Tipped - Mono, Terrible BC, too speed-twist-moon phase-elevation-camo pattern dependent, Tips comp and shape is bad, tip color is no good.
Badlands - Mono, no longer available, too hard to tune - not around long enough to thoroughly destroy.
Barnes TSX - Mono, low BC, pencils through, way too inaccurate, too velocity dependent, another long bow range bullet.
Barnes TTSX - Mono, low BC, tips melt and plug, pencils through, way too inaccurate, too velocity dependent, another long bow range bullet.
Swift Scirocco - Too hard, too hard to tune, too soft, over inflated BC.
Swift A-Frame - great for dugga boys and Ellefants, only effective to maybe 100 yards.

I have loaded all of these and killed or dressed game killed with all of these bullets. We have not failed to recover any of the animals we shot with these bullets. Some of these options did not suit my taste from a performance/wound channel standpoint, but I couldn't say that of them that were used within their stated design parameters failed. I still load most of these bullets for myself, family or friends. That said, given the extensive exhibits presented over the years on these very interwebs, there is not one single bullet that can be trusted on a multi-thousand dollar hunt to kill the trophy of a lifetime.

I wonder which golf balls are best?

This should perform to you and your teams standards.

 

[The Oregonian]

This should perform to you and your teams standards.

He is saying, in a facetious way, that he has had a ton of success with lots of different bullets but reading here and other social media, he has learned that all of the bullets have major flaws that make them untrustworthy for an important hunt.

Most of these flaws are when they were used in situations where they aren't the best choice. For example, someone wants a pass through but uses a Berger to achieve that. The Berger worked as intended and the animal was dead on the spot, but the hunter isn't happy.

So since there aren't any bullets that work, he's giving up and going to golf, which happens to be a game where people bitch about the equipment and blame it when they make a bad shot.

@Quintus, how'd I Do?