Recent content by BF375

I have way more than I need for hunting and it's been that way for 20 years.

I have way more than I need for hunting and it's been that way for 20 years.

Been looking at them for years Guy. I know what they do.. :) Im just not a fan..... :(

I wouldn't shoot the ELD Match at a game animal on a bet. The BT barely qualifies IMHO. They both look pretty bad. :(

Scotty with those Northforks I don't think you'd need the 35 caliber BBC's. I haven't seen those in years.

I've recommended the 35 W twice to friends who were going brown bear hunting; the first time I worked up loads with the 225 gr Bitterroot at 2600 fps. No problem on a nice brownie. The second my buddy asked for suggestions on bullets for his Whelan so I suggested the 225 Northfork which worked...

First, there is no expanding bullet that is a guaranteed pass though on all game animals all of the time under all conditions That said if he wants a higher likelihood of exits from his 300 magnum he does not need less velocity....he needs a bullet built for deeper penetration.

You nailed it with the recoil thing. The overkill business applies more to the shooter managing more gun than he can handle than anything else.

Energy is a formula that attempts to quantify killing power because someone in the past figured it was easier than killing animals.....plus people get cold comfort using numbers to describe the differences in things. But you can't determine anything about a wound channel created by a bullet by...

Guy lots of Partitions exit.....it's how they are designed to perform! I do have more BBC's and Partitions here but simply have not photographed them.... (y)

More expansion and penetration.. :) 250 gr 375 from Alaskan Brown bear.Retained big frontal area (what kills) and 249 gr. The first broke both shoulders and exited. This one stopped. The blood trail looked like someone dumped a bucket of red paint on the beach. But again it was not...

Expansion/penetration. Trauma and no blood trail required.Recovered by a pal;bull elk at 460 yards. 150 Swift SS II. Expansion/ penetration;6x6 bull elk (mine). 160 Bitterroot form 7 RM.Recovered weight 159 gr. Length of neck.No exit and lots of trauma. No blood trail needed.

There's a whole other world starting at 35 caliber and above.

Preacher that's correct. Remington already had pressure data for the Mashburn because Warren Page had them do the chronograph and pressure data for the cartridge; but I suspect they would have run into some intellectual property issues with Art Mashburn if they went that way. I bet no one...

Friends and I have killed lots of black bears with cartridges like the 270,280, 30/06 and 7 Rem Mag. We'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. They are not hard to kill but if the opportunity presents I like hitting them in shoulders to sort of hold them in place if you can. The bullet on...