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The article discusses the evolution of bullets used for big game hunting. The smokeless-powder cartridge was invented in the 1890s, while the Partition bullet was developed in 1947 by John Nosler. In the early 1970s, Bob Steigers made a bullet out of pure lead and copper which was capable of expanding and penetrating to its target. Moreover , Nosler created the Ballistic Tip with polycarbonate point while Barnes Bullets Inc. produced the pure-copper slug called the X-Bullet in the 1980s.

The article presents information on the collection of hunting guns owned by the author. According to the author, a really good rifle can shoot just about any ammo accurately. That being the case, Ultra Light Arms .270 is not a good rifle, because it will shoot only one bullet with any precision, and that bullet isn't even made anymore. Browning Pigeon Grade Superposed 12-gauge shotgun was gifted to the author from his uncle. It was made in 1933 and belonged to a bird hunting friend of his.

This article presents information on the premium type of bullets that are used for hunting and some examples related to it. It is the implement that does the killing, and there are big differences among bullets. The mass-produced variety are accurate and give both adequate penetration and expansion nearly all the time. In one of the examples the author describes about a man who shot some of the early X-Bullets and was not a fan. He says that he got erratic pressures in his handloads, and he saw one X-Bullet whose little petals had broken away, and another whose hollow point had imploded inward. But he rarely held a grudge for more than 15 years, and when he got the triple-shock X-Bullet he welcomed it very eagerly.

This article presents information on great sporting guns with big bores. The price of which is equivalent to a luxury automobile. There are not many of them around, and for good reason and their ammunition costs a fortune, and their recoil is so violent that most people can not or would not shoot them. The British had hunted tigers and various wild buffalo in India as early as the 17th century. By the time they reached the game fields of Africa in the mid-1800s, they had learned a very important lesson like if one is going to hunt large, dangerous animals, one should better carry a large, dangerous rifle. INSET: THE SKINNY ON BIG BORES.

Asserts that the excellence of modern hunting bullets has reduced the hunter's need for clavicle-cracking cartridges.

Features the Partition Gold bullet manufactured through the collaborative efforts of Winchester and Nosler. Comparison with the original Nosler Partition Bullet; Dimensions; Material used in the bullet's manufacture. INSETS: Short shot. by D.E.P.;A boost for the 7mm/08. by D.E.P..

Answers questions related to bullets. Meaning of ballistic coefficient; Failure of Nosler Partision bullets to expand; Definition of highly accurate bullets. INSETS: The Mossberg Model 695 slugster, by D.E.P.;Savage Mark II-LV, by D.E.P..

The article evaluates 6.5/300 bullets from Weatherby Inc. that can be used in hunting.

The article presents questions and answers related to hunting, guns, and life including does the Lubalox coating on bullets affects shooting accuracy, conversion of a Remington 742 .30/06 Woodsmaster rifle into a carbine for hunting, and too many notes in bluegrass music.

The article presents the author's views on the development of hunting bullets over the years. The author recalls that before the 1990s, bullets were tested by shooting them into ballistic gelatin, which bears little resemblance to animals. The author considers lead-core jacketed bullets as perfect for hunting. The author discusses the development of copper bullets by Randy Barnes in 1991, which are made of pure copper rather than gild. INSET: CRY FOUL!.

The article evaluates the bullet .338 Win. Mag.

The article evaluates the Triple-Shock X-Bullet, the riffle bullets from Randy Brooks of Barnes Bullets Inc.

The article presents questions and answers related to hunting including shooting an elk from at least 600 yards far, Swede's heavy bullet, and accuracy of bolt-action rifles.

The article focuses on the superb balance of hunting bullets in the U.S. It notes the integration of bullet technology breakthroughs in the creation of hunting bullets. It examines the functionality and dependability of the Nosler Partition bullets which prevailed during the 1940s. Furthermore, it also explores the specifications of the homogeneous construction bullets by Barnes Bullets.

The article evaluates the .30/06 bullets.

The article offers suggestions for pronghorn antelope hunting. It recommends taking advantage of the topography to get to less than 200 yards of the animal. It states that the .25/06 is the best gun for antelope hunting and to use quick-expanding bullets. It advises that since goats have excellent vision, the spotting scope with 8X-10X top magnification and a 10X binocular may be used.

The article presents information on certain newly developed bullets that can be used for hunting. Barnes' original X-Bullets were based on a very simple idea--that if one makes a solid-copper bullet, he gets rid of all the problems involved in sticking a lead core into a hunk of copper. But all-copper construction created a new problem. Since copper is much lighter than lead, X-Bullets had to be much longer than conventional slugs. Winchester Supreme Elite XP3 is a premium all-around big-game bullet that provides fine accuracy, good penetration and expansion at all ranges, and a high ballistic coefficient.

The article compares the three best North American big-game cartridges. The .338 Winchester magnum gets by very nicely with a 22-inch barrel and moves out at 2600 fps. The .340 Weatherby Magnum holds a lot more powder and gives 250-grain bullets between 200 and 300 fps more velocity at the muzzle than the .338 Winchester. .340 is made by New Ultra Light Arms, has a 24-inch barrel, and gives over 2800 fps at the muzzle with 250-grain bullets. The .338 Remington Ultra MAG delivers 25 percent more muzzle energy than the .338 Winchester. Like Weatherby, Remington equips their .338 RUM rifles with 20-inch barrels in order to get every last foot per second from those huge charges of slow-burning powder.

The article focuses on bullet shooting performance of rifles used in hunting animals. It notes the significance for a hunting rifle to be equipped with more bullet weight to avoid more gun impact. It discusses the good shooting performance of downsized rifle bullets and cartridges with high quality or standard.

Evaluates African ivory hunter John Taylor's formula for determining knock-out value of various cartridges and its implications in hunting. Formula highlights; Flaws in the formula; Formula for kinetic energy of a bullet.

In this article, the author offers tips on rifle shooting which he believes requires a reptilian nervous system. He states that one will never be able to shoot a rifle well without having the ability to think like a lizard. He discusses the importance of knowing how to calculate bullet drop, bullet drift, and other factors related to rifle shooting. He also details hand and eye coordination and practice often to improve rifle shooting skills.

The article focuses on the popularity of the .45/70 cartridge in the civilian market after the Trapdoor Springfield rifle became obsolete in the U.S. The cartridge still work on old guns and puts away any game animal with little recoil and little meat damage while it keeps old guns working. Details regarding the performance of the .45/70 cartridge and the soup-up rounds loaded by Buffalo Bore and Garrett which has cast-lead jacketed bullets for serous levels of power are discussed.

The article offers the author's insights on the impact of the improvements of modern hunting bullets on his cartridge selection and general performance in hunting game. The author mentions the role that the bullets must play for an effective hunting game, which is to expand and hold together. He explains that bullet failures had an impact on cartridge selection and on hunting itself. He also states that a reliable game needs a perfect shot using the modern bullet.

The article evaluates two hunting equipments, the E.R. Shaw Mark VII hunting rifle from ER Shaw Barrels and the Federal Vital-Shok Trophy Bonded Tip hunting bullets from Trophy Bonded.

The article presents comments of experts related to several defects that are found in a rifle. These rifles can be detected by shooting with the rifle. The intensified sound of a gun indicates a problem that can effect while shooting at a distant target. Handloaders can cure it by raising or lowering the powder charge. Lead Sled Shooting Rest can help reduce the effect of recoiling of a gun. The movement of the bullets sometimes up and left or right is the indication of overheated barrel. This problem can be rectified by allowing the gun to cool before the next shot.

This article presents questions and answers related to hunting. One of the question was if high-velocity shotshells of any real help in hitting birds at long range. The answer was with high-velocity loads comes via the 22-yard line in trapshooting where the shot pattern usually catches the bird at 40-plus yards. Another question was related to shooting of deers that take place at 50 yards and long shots that take place only in outdoor magazines and ballistic tip bullets. The answer was that it's true that Ballistic Tips excel at long ranges, but they also do quite well at 100 yards and under if they are driven at reasonable velocities.

Over a long period of time, gun recoil wrecks backs and necks and detaches retinas and in the short term it can do a pretty fair job of turning one into a lousy shot, because it's against human nature to hold steady when one knows one is about to get walloped. So in this era of dill pickle size cartridges, it is heartening to see Remington and Federal come out with big game ammunition that is loaded to kick less. One benefit of this new rifle is that the special powder and a newly developed bullet results in reduced recoil. INSET: Mercury for Guns.

This article focuses on actual case studies regarding the role of bullets in animal deaths. Animals drop because of damage to the brain or the spinal column, which stops signals to the legs, and die when the oxygen in their brains runs out. The bullet's impact is not the direct cause. Thick hides, heavy bones, and massive muscles are too much for a small bullet to get through to where it has to do its work. A big bullet will penetrate, but it doesn't knock anything to the ground. Similarly, high velocity is useful only because it makes hitting at long range much easier than low velocity. INSET: Deaf Is Deaf.

The article presents a set of questions and answers related to hunting as published in a column of the April 2004 issue of the periodical "Field & Stream." A query posed by one reader is that he had killed several deer with a couple of brands of bullets and that he was unhappy with the way they performed, as they seem to ricochet around inside the animal before exiting, in response to this the author replied that very often when one opens a deer's carcass, one finds damage far from the path the bullet took and this is not due to the ricochets but due to the motion of the deer.

The Remington Arms Co. Inc.'s original Core-Lokt design goes back about 50 years, but the Ultra is something entirely new, a premium hunting bullet at a non-premium price.

Presents information on cartridges, bullets and rifles used for hunting. INSET: A Yankee 6.5.

Answers the question of how fast a speeding bullet travels. The velocity of a bullet, which is measured in feet per second (fps); Determination of velocity by the amount of gunpowder that is burned to propel the bullet; Varying speeds of different bullets; More.