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BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:16 PM
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redchevy
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Last night at dinner a family member told me about how a 25-06 when shot at distance would have a trajectory that was on at 100 yards low at 200 yards, but would curve back up at 250 yards and be just a hair low at 300.
Another long time hunter and family member said a 270 zeroed at 100 yards would be less than an inch low at 300 yards. Have been told the same thing about 22 hornet, 222, and 22-250
What have you heard and where do you think stuff like this comes from?
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:38 PM
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TackDriver
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Were they drunk?
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:41 PM
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Sneaky
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I have no idea. I can’t wrap my mind around that sort of ignorance. I tend to distance myself from people like that before I have a chance to find the source.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:42 PM
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Sneaky
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Were they drunk? I would be if I had to listen to that nonsense.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:43 PM
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Sneaky
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This isn’t related to guns, but we HAD an idiot on our lease that told us there are no coons in Texas. They’re all coatimundis.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:44 PM
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Mickey Moose
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You didn't know 25-06 travels on imaginary roller-coaster tracks?!
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 08:48 PM
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redchevy
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Were they drunk? Not in the slightest.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 09:03 PM
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Teal28
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I had a guy I work with ask me if the new scope he bought came bore sited from the factory or would he have to do it.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 09:05 PM
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Mickey Moose
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I had a guy I work with ask me if the new scope he bought came bore sited from the factory or would he have to do it. Soooo what was your answer?!
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 09:20 PM
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Teal28
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Hes not a gun guy or even a hunter. I just smiled and said no, then offered to mount it for him.
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01/22/18 10:30 PM
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I have heard folks say that a bullet will actually rise before it begins its drop. Was any explanation offered for the wave like trajectory?
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 10:32 PM
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redchevy
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Have heard the rise thing as well.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 10:55 PM
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J.G.
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Have heard the rise thing as well. Yup. And I respond "completely false, 100% sure about it". That is usually accepted.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 10:59 PM
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I heard that a .50 BMG will suck the eyeballs out of a doe with a near miss! ROFL!! I've heard some really off the wall things about a lot of things firearms wise. I tend to forget them quickly, but it amazes me how uneducated some people are when it comes to firearms.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 11:11 PM
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Wow, I should have kept a written log on these.
I had a guy argue with me that the things on top of a scope were "turnips", not turrets. I have lots of them.
I'll think of more later.....
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 11:37 PM
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J.G.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 11:44 PM
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ChadTRG42
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Yelp! I hear guys talk about a Hornady Ballistic Tip all the time. Nosler is the only company who makes a "Ballistic Tip", which is a name for a certain bullet bullet. Almost all the other bullet companies make a polymer or plastic tip bullet, but it's not a ballistic tip.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/22/18 11:45 PM
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most of the stuff I read on here
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 12:18 AM
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One guy shot at a deer (and missed) but had us all out looking for hours to help him find it. Another guy in a blind 200 yards away said he heard it hear the deer
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 12:56 AM
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Some guy says he shot at a buck and the bullet never hit it and that it died from the shockwave.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 01:05 AM
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bigjoe8565
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That a 45 ACP will knock a man backwards and off his feet. Overheard a box store gun counter guy tell this to a customer.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 01:28 AM
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Just hang out at an Academy gun counter for an hour and you’ll hear all the above and better. Highly entertaining if you’ve got nothing else going on.
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 02:12 AM
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 02:18 AM
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Wow, I should have kept a written log on these.
I had a guy argue with me that the things on top of a scope were "turnips", not turrets. I have lots of them.
I'll think of more later..... Guess that guy had fallen off the turret wagon going through town the night before.
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: BS stuff about guns you hear?
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01/23/18 02:22 AM
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A few years ago I met a friend of a family member for the first time. He seemed like a nice enough guy, but we started talking guns and stuff and he informed me that he handloaded his 243 Win to get over 4000 fps with 100 grain bullets.
Me and ol' RUGER, 74 years and still shooting.
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