janfred
@janfred
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Joined: May 31, 2022
Last seen: Sep 19, 2026
Topics: 12 / Replies: 423
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Re: dirty meat and shot placement

I shot my impala with a .308 180gr bullet doing around 2000fps on impact. Yet stil had a lot of blood between the meat layers. Actual blood-shot meat ...

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting scope

*************************Lynx in South Africa  ;D It is 2024. Why can we not have first focal plane scopes with etched reticles for hunting?

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting scope

Arken EPL 4-16x44What's the build quality like and how does it track? I've always just stuck to Leupolds, never branched out from them but n...

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting scope

I did replace my Element Optics scope with an Arken EPL 4-16x44. It worked just as well as the Helix scope with the advantage of a capped windage turr...

2 years ago
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Re: dirty meat and shot placement

Well. Mine hit the scapula at entry and rib on exit.I did not have a lot of bloodshot meat, but blood collected between the outer layer of meat and th...

2 years ago
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Re: What is the craziest excuse you have ever heard for missing a shot ?

I'm not a very experienced hunter so I do not know how common this event is, but it was damn annoying.Good story to tell though. Not that anyone ...

2 years ago
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Re: reloading the .303 Epps

Looking good !!!!!Can you do one with N150? I would like to see the difference

2 years ago
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Re: reloading the .303 Epps

Varget is about halfway between S335 and S355 in performance in my .308 target rifle shooting 155gr bullets. Very close to VV N140.Can also look at Vi...

2 years ago
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Re: Hoe werk geweerkruit?

Dieselfde druk vir 'n langer tydperk.

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting scope

Die probleem is mens weet eers hulle is stukkend jy mis skiet.

2 years ago
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Re: O B T optimum barrel time ?

TLDR: Chris states that the bending moment theory cannot be true because the harmonic frequency by individual barrels are not fast enough to cause the...

2 years ago
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Re: O B T optimum barrel time ?

People should not conflate the two theories. OBT is not OCW.Optimal Barrel Time (OBT) is the theory and method to predict which load gives the best mu...

2 years ago
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Re: O B T optimum barrel time ?

The actual barrel time is governed by the in-bore acceleration of the bullet. Different powders, bullet weights and bullet shapes have different accel...

2 years ago
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Re: morals ethics and my way.

Corporate types that drink Klippies and Cola from cans? Probably a good thing that they shot off rests like that...

2 years ago
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Re: powder dispensers - automatic.

I used one for years. And yes, it is not particularly fast. It suffers from the normal Lyman scale drifting and overthrows a lot by 0.1gr. The unit is...

2 years ago
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