Whats the cartridge you LOVE to HATE?

[bultinkle]

Bulltinkle, or should I use the more appropriate name "bulls|#l" ?

Ohhh hadn't seen that spicey edit! Nice.

An item that apparently you're familiar with…..not necessary here! Why is it when someone talks poorly about your choice of cartridges, in jest……many of you seem to immediately drift to sexual inadequacies! A "Freudian" issue perhaps!

Heck, even without a brake, sissy shoulders……unless it's a shooter using "Bud Light" for nutrition and regularly getting massaged by a 6.5 CM, should handle the recoil quite easily!

Well would ya look at that

 

[Len Backus]

Grow up fellows.

 

[hoot1848]

Let's be honest, everyone has one. Whether you had a bad experience or you just don't buy into all the hype, whats the cartridge that makes you roll your eyes as soon as you hear its name?

.257 Robert's nothing but trouble too much to list

 

[hoot1848]

.257 Robert's !! nothing but trouble too much to list !!

 

[scpaul]

Being from the south your statement surprises me. I've never shot one.
The one's that I've been around were very accurate although. I'd have to limit the range due to powder capacity and light bullets.
I always thought according to some people from this region that it could do almost anything in the hands of someone that had skills.
I have no problem with it along as it's used properly by someone that knows what they're doing.

 

[Louisiana Reloader]

I have to list two cartridges I love because of their efficiency, ease to reload and accuracy is highly achievable…..7mm SAUM & 30 Nosler

This one is more of a Love/Hate….28 nosler . East to load highly accurate but barrel life is really horrible. By the time you love it, it she will have lots of plastic surgeries and a new barrel

You are very correct on the 28 Nosler—it will do some amazing things; however at the expense of barrel life (and I own one). When I first saw the ballistics I knew I had to have one. Not giving barrel life much consideration, I bought one. I went ahead and bought the rifle thinking the short barrel life wouldn't really matter much since I was going to be using 100% for hunting and not ringing steel at 1,000 yards. Hindsight, probably not the best purchase.

 

[Barehandlineman11]

barrels are like car tires. They make em every day

 

[LDHunter]

barrels are like car tires. They make em every day

Very true. Here's my take on barrel life. I found that barrel burner cartridges have accuracy drop off sooner than most people seem to think. That's for me at least. I track accuracy in the long run and barrel burners tend to have slightly degraded accuracy starting at 200-300 rounds even if I chase the lands. That's why I've pretty much quit using them. It's not so much the cost of the new barrel but the time spent dealing with the gunsmith to do the swap and all the hassle and time required in breaking in a new barrel.

I simply don't have that much free time. My 308 and 223 barrels seem to keep accuracy well beyond 1,000 rounds. I suspect they will way beyond that but I just don't shoot enough to find out.

A prairie dog rifle is the only exception. If I get into a really good dog town and the shots are long, the 22-250 and 243 will start getting hot and that cooks barrels pretty fast but at that point I simply don't care... LOL

Hi.. My name's Bob and I'm a prairie dog addict.

 

[SportsmanNH]

Hi.. My name's Bob and I'm a prairie dog addict.

Glad to see you have taken the first step towards recovery for your addiction .
Now get out there and shoot some of them little suckers !

 

[memtb]

Bob….I wish that we had enough around here to create an addiction to! memtb

 

[Longtine88]

You are very correct on the 28 Nosler—it will do some amazing things; however at the expense of barrel life (and I own one). When I first saw the ballistics I knew I had to have one. Not giving barrel life much consideration, I bought one. I went ahead and bought the rifle thinking the short barrel life wouldn't really matter much since I was going to be using 100% for hunting and not ringing steel at 1,000 yards. Hindsight, probably not the best purchase.

you still have to love it though. It's like that crazy hot chick you dated back in the day before marriage and you never brought her around your parents

 

[Longtine88]

Chick's explained in general but the 28 nosler is the crazy hot chick explained in the womanology video

 

[Playtimefun]

The Crazy Hot Chick is such an awesome explanation!!!!

Everytime I see it posted somewhere I just absolutely laugh my *** off.

I wish my statistics class would have so well explained.

 

[QuietTexan]

Here's my take on barrel life. I found that barrel burner cartridges have accuracy drop off sooner than most people seem to think. That's for me at least. I track accuracy in the long run and barrel burners tend to have slightly degraded accuracy starting at 200-300 rounds even if I chase the lands.

One solution is to get more serious about cleaning barrels.

Forget everything you learned on the internet and use JB bore paste, JB bore bright eek, copper brushes on a power drill, stainless steel brushes, etc.

If the accuracy is already gone, what do you have to lose by trying it? Can't ruin a shot-out barrel any worse