calibres

It may be that the performance at Kinburn answered the expectation of the French emperor as regards offensive power, for that is a mere question of the battering capacity of the heaviest calibres, which is undoubted; but the main issue, which concerns their endurance, cannot be settled by the impact of 32-pounder shot, fired at 600 and 700 yards.

Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Henry Wager Halleck 1843

Well if people used high quality bullets like partition, barnes-x and bonded on bigger game and only shot from bowhunting ranges then we would have more clean kills, but the problem is people dont, they shoot at ranges where a 3006 would be questionable and with softpoint bullets with such a thin jacket in small calibres that they cannot possibly penetrate far anough to ensure a clean kill every time ..

Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

Well if people used high quality bullets like partition, barnes-x and bonded on bigger game and only shot from bowhunting ranges then we would have more clean kills, but the problem is people dont, they shoot at ranges where a 3006 would be questionable and with softpoint bullets with such a thin jacket in small calibres that they cannot possibly penetrate far anough to ensure a clean kill every time ..

Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

Set minimum bullet weight for deer at 110 grains and let the calibres sort themselves ..

Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

With glowering eyes Gogoomy looked on while Sheldon took from the tin a hundred rounds each for the two Winchesters and fully as many rounds more of nondescript cartridges of all sorts and makes and calibres.

Chapter 21 2010

Set minimum bullet weight for deer at 110 grains and let the calibres sort themselves ..

Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

Bird and rabbit guns, long range sporting calibres - close in people stoppers.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Post Wave Economy 2010

I do not carry ammo in mine - that's a big NO-NO in California South - but I carry several calibres in "bore snakes" and a collimator, plus a copy of local legislation, to balance that.

My Range Bag 2008

I looked around quickly and said, A load of empty shell casings of different calibres, two spent rounds test-fired into body armour, and a US Army training manual on long-range sniping ... er, hello?

What's on Your Desk? 2008

I guess more bullpups in slightly larger calibres are in the offing, but apart from that a purely mechanical weapon is not susceptible to E.M.P. if the worst should happen.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Venue for next Thursday? 2009