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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 2632866" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>Off the original topic, but I will say this. We are planning to make a trip to Ausie and hunt with [USER=120504]@fordy[/USER] next July. We are in the process of stockpiling thousands of bullets there so that we can continuously re-load ammo during the trip. Wallaby are the critters that they will shoot hundreds in a sitting. Shooting wallaby there is like shooting gophers or prairie dogs here. Only they are 25 lbs or so. Shooting hundreds of horses and donkeys in a day is not uncommon. One of the places that we will be going to requires us to shoot every water buffalo that we see. If the land owner does not cull enough of them then the government will cull them for him and charge him per animal culled. Not sure if we will get to go to the area where there is camels. There is a bounty on them, and shooting a hundred per day is to be expected. I am told that we will stop shooting when we simply can't do it anymore.</p><p></p><p>As far as barrel wear goes, it is very tough to figure out. I do not believe vel plays a role in wear. Pick a cartridge, run it with heavy bullets going slow at x pressure and run it at the same x pressure with heavy bullets at much higher vel. If there is a difference in barrel wear it will be negligible. Greatly reduce the engraving pressure and the amount of bullet making contact with the bore, like we have with Hammer Bullets, and I think there is an argument that it will increase barrel life. Still very hard to prove, thus I don't push the theory.</p><p></p><p>For someone to say that they do not want to try Hammer Bullets because someone was too abrasive for their liking, is odd. Seems a bit like a set up. Hopefully I am wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 2632866, member: 7999"] Off the original topic, but I will say this. We are planning to make a trip to Ausie and hunt with [USER=120504]@fordy[/USER] next July. We are in the process of stockpiling thousands of bullets there so that we can continuously re-load ammo during the trip. Wallaby are the critters that they will shoot hundreds in a sitting. Shooting wallaby there is like shooting gophers or prairie dogs here. Only they are 25 lbs or so. Shooting hundreds of horses and donkeys in a day is not uncommon. One of the places that we will be going to requires us to shoot every water buffalo that we see. If the land owner does not cull enough of them then the government will cull them for him and charge him per animal culled. Not sure if we will get to go to the area where there is camels. There is a bounty on them, and shooting a hundred per day is to be expected. I am told that we will stop shooting when we simply can't do it anymore. As far as barrel wear goes, it is very tough to figure out. I do not believe vel plays a role in wear. Pick a cartridge, run it with heavy bullets going slow at x pressure and run it at the same x pressure with heavy bullets at much higher vel. If there is a difference in barrel wear it will be negligible. Greatly reduce the engraving pressure and the amount of bullet making contact with the bore, like we have with Hammer Bullets, and I think there is an argument that it will increase barrel life. Still very hard to prove, thus I don't push the theory. For someone to say that they do not want to try Hammer Bullets because someone was too abrasive for their liking, is odd. Seems a bit like a set up. Hopefully I am wrong. [/QUOTE]
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