Sorry.... couldn't think of a better place for this.... feel free to shuffle it to a better forum as you see fit!
An interesting topic in this old hunting book about using an "understudy rifle" which uses a similar action to your hunting rilfe... the understudy also would have a similar trajectory up close (say to 200yds), but would be in a smaller, easier to handle caliber, ideally inexpensive to shoot, and a bit versatile, and able to hunt other species to get your practice, but also do some "stump" or pine cone shooting for practice. This will also get us practicing for range estimation, and being able to hit the "nail on the head".
Its an interesting subject... and especially for those of us who hunt deer/elk seldomly, how do we get practice for when we do?
The book discusses something like a 348 win, an a 218 bee... both in lever guns, trajectory supposedly similar out to 200. there's probably some other correlations i'm sure... but i would argue that we could whip up some cast in certain hunting rifles/calibers which will get us that off season practice, especially if we limit our distance shots to something reasonable )100 yds or so...
35 Rem - 200gr standard.... could practice with 160gr g/c swc, or 125gr RNFP for hunting jackrabbits... or similar would a 357mag lever be a good understudy rifle??? Or would you want to swap out to sticking with the same caliber but adjust the weight of the cast bullet and velocity to get a similar trajectory to the full sized companion?
300 SAV - a 150 jkt is pretty standard, but what about going with a 155gr Lee, or 180gr RCBS? i'd argue that using a lighter load and practicing out to 100/150? or would it be a 120gr plinker round and limiting our range?
308 bolt action... would it be a 17HMR as a understudy rifle? or simply use ltwt cast loads to get your practice in?
Would be interested to hear what others think of this 1950's concept...
An interesting topic in this old hunting book about using an "understudy rifle" which uses a similar action to your hunting rilfe... the understudy also would have a similar trajectory up close (say to 200yds), but would be in a smaller, easier to handle caliber, ideally inexpensive to shoot, and a bit versatile, and able to hunt other species to get your practice, but also do some "stump" or pine cone shooting for practice. This will also get us practicing for range estimation, and being able to hit the "nail on the head".
Its an interesting subject... and especially for those of us who hunt deer/elk seldomly, how do we get practice for when we do?
The book discusses something like a 348 win, an a 218 bee... both in lever guns, trajectory supposedly similar out to 200. there's probably some other correlations i'm sure... but i would argue that we could whip up some cast in certain hunting rifles/calibers which will get us that off season practice, especially if we limit our distance shots to something reasonable )100 yds or so...
35 Rem - 200gr standard.... could practice with 160gr g/c swc, or 125gr RNFP for hunting jackrabbits... or similar would a 357mag lever be a good understudy rifle??? Or would you want to swap out to sticking with the same caliber but adjust the weight of the cast bullet and velocity to get a similar trajectory to the full sized companion?
300 SAV - a 150 jkt is pretty standard, but what about going with a 155gr Lee, or 180gr RCBS? i'd argue that using a lighter load and practicing out to 100/150? or would it be a 120gr plinker round and limiting our range?
308 bolt action... would it be a 17HMR as a understudy rifle? or simply use ltwt cast loads to get your practice in?
Would be interested to hear what others think of this 1950's concept...