Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Which DR cartridge for YOU!

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Double Rifles

JTOMLINSON
.300 member

Reged: 16/02/05
Posts: 188
Loc: York, England

Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!
13/09/05 11:59 PM

The difference between the cartridges set out in the question posed IMO may be academic as it is unlikely there is a cent's worth of performance differnece between any of them.

The real question here ifeel, is which is logistically the most readily available? Of course in the US as in the U.K ammo is avaiable from factory sources or Custom loaders, this is not necessarily so in most African countries, even .470 can be difficult to source in Africa, but some of the other claibres may prove even more difficult to locate. With the reanissance undergone in recent times with the .470, that, more than performance alone, may well be the raison d etre for selecting it.

Taylor noted over 40 years ago that there was little difference between any of the .450 - .475 class of rifles and that to gain significant advantage, .500 was the next power step up.

Ignoring the wild-cat magazine cartridges that have been spawned since the 1950's Taylor's comments IMHO hold good to this day, if you can be sure of a ready supply of ammo the world over for your chosen calibre then there is no reason to change.

Personally, I would follow the crowd and go down the .470 route, that said I didn't follow my own advice and went for a .600 instead

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	13/09/05 10:43 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 12:09 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	mickey	14/09/05 01:16 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 03:41 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 11:49 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	JTOMLINSON	13/09/05 11:59 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	rgp	13/09/05 06:39 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	Peterb	13/09/05 01:41 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	luv2safari	13/09/05 02:06 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500grains	13/09/05 02:21 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	NE450No2	13/09/05 02:55 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	13/09/05 04:21 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	mickey	13/09/05 04:40 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 05:23 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 06:56 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 08:17 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 08:43 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 09:10 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 07:56 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 06:24 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 08:09 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 09:17 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 12:05 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 04:05 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 09:45 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	15/09/05 03:34 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	mickey	14/09/05 11:19 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 11:37 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 10:48 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 04:16 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	MauserRifle	14/09/05 04:48 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	CptCurl	14/09/05 11:44 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	mickey	13/09/05 12:40 PM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	tinker	14/09/05 12:45 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	500Nitro	14/09/05 03:45 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	tinker	14/09/05 06:26 AM
Re: Which DR cartridge for YOU!	475Guy	13/09/05 11:07 AM

Extra information

1 registered and 582 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 6682

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved