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Wilcat Bullets...Why haven't BC's been posted?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 76595" data-attributes="member: 8"><p><strong>Re: Wilcat Bullets...Why haven\'t BC\'s been posted?</strong></p><p></p><p>John M</p><p></p><p>Judging someone else's personal courage is an extremely difficult thing, even in combat. I have seen kids fight bravely day after day and suddenly in a peculiar circumstance be unable to fight, but a few days later be good to go again, except for being embarrassed by the incident. You have no knowledge of whether BJ is or is not courageous nor under what circumstance. This is really unwarranted.</p><p></p><p>Calling people out into the street over bullet BC, when the cost of a box of bullets is less than a tank of gas, does not seem to be extremely rational to me.</p><p></p><p>And as far as Kirby goes, he openly discusses his successes and his errors just like most of the rest of us. And like Richard he provides a product that you can't get anywhere else ( Bruce Baer does some really good work in the larger calibers). If you don't like the product then you don't have to buy it. When I was in jump school at Ft Benning I went across the river to Pheonix City and bought a 7mm Wby Mark V as the ultimate 7mm. Since that day in 1969, we have seen the 7mm STW come along and then the 7RUM ( Dakota and Lazzeroni). The progression of case capacity and bullet weight is relatively obvious from my perspective. Kirby is moving at the front of this decades long trend and using Wildcat bullets. Will the 7mm AM push further than we have the correct powder and metallurgy to go? I do not know, but we will see what we will see. I have waited patiently and will continue to wait as he tests the prototype. In the end it is my money and I will do as I please and none of your "demands" will cause me to move left nor right.</p><p></p><p>The price of 93/94 octane is $2.75 and my mustang gets 12 mpg. Next week I will spend about $100 on gas to drive to Mifflin Pa. to test $10 worth of bullets at 1000yds. The only thing cheaper than bullets is primers. It is unbeleivable that any body who particiaptes in longrange hunting would grumble over the cost of a box of bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 76595, member: 8"] [b]Re: Wilcat Bullets...Why haven\'t BC\'s been posted?[/b] John M Judging someone else’s personal courage is an extremely difficult thing, even in combat. I have seen kids fight bravely day after day and suddenly in a peculiar circumstance be unable to fight, but a few days later be good to go again, except for being embarrassed by the incident. You have no knowledge of whether BJ is or is not courageous nor under what circumstance. This is really unwarranted. Calling people out into the street over bullet BC, when the cost of a box of bullets is less than a tank of gas, does not seem to be extremely rational to me. And as far as Kirby goes, he openly discusses his successes and his errors just like most of the rest of us. And like Richard he provides a product that you can’t get anywhere else ( Bruce Baer does some really good work in the larger calibers). If you don’t like the product then you don’t have to buy it. When I was in jump school at Ft Benning I went across the river to Pheonix City and bought a 7mm Wby Mark V as the ultimate 7mm. Since that day in 1969, we have seen the 7mm STW come along and then the 7RUM ( Dakota and Lazzeroni). The progression of case capacity and bullet weight is relatively obvious from my perspective. Kirby is moving at the front of this decades long trend and using Wildcat bullets. Will the 7mm AM push further than we have the correct powder and metallurgy to go? I do not know, but we will see what we will see. I have waited patiently and will continue to wait as he tests the prototype. In the end it is my money and I will do as I please and none of your “demands” will cause me to move left nor right. The price of 93/94 octane is $2.75 and my mustang gets 12 mpg. Next week I will spend about $100 on gas to drive to Mifflin Pa. to test $10 worth of bullets at 1000yds. The only thing cheaper than bullets is primers. It is unbeleivable that any body who particiaptes in longrange hunting would grumble over the cost of a box of bullets. [/QUOTE]
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