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  1. Francis Urquhart

    Boomstick's and shooty shooty bang bang's - The GUN Thread!

    At a going rate of $300,000 each, it should be . . . . .
  2. Francis Urquhart

    Boomstick's and shooty shooty bang bang's - The GUN Thread!

    As far as I can make out from the article in a shooting blog describing this thing, the reasoning behind it was that Russian shotguns for domestic sale have a portion of their barrels rifled near the barrel, the rifling acting as a choke. The problem is, when using slugs, there is a dangerous...
  3. Francis Urquhart

    Boomstick's and shooty shooty bang bang's - The GUN Thread!

    The Russians are introducing a new round (9.3x54R) Lancaster for hunting rifles. This is basically the old 7.62x54R round that had been debottlenecked. It uses the Lancaster oval bore that technically makes rifles using it smoothbores and thus much more accessible under Russian firearms...
  4. Francis Urquhart

    Boomstick's and shooty shooty bang bang's - The GUN Thread!

    Professionals I know don't talk about penetration or wound track dimensions; they talk about placement. Two quotes. "A .22 five centimeters to the right of left ear has more stopping power than .44 magnum five centimeters to left of left ear." "If you hit what you are shooting at, pretty much...
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