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My son showed me this guy's two 4-bore videos, I finally had to turn the sound off as I couldn't take the bombast and attitude myself. On the other hand, I learned he's earning a very nice living with that persona catering to an audience that doesn't include me, so good on him I guess? It was painful to watch him not grip the barrel (and thus lose control of it) and not grip the wrist correctly (and thus lose control of it) and almost drop the rifle and then brag how that proves how powerful it is. I foresee may more videos of shooting car doors, refrigerators, etc.

I'm not a fan of "stunt rifles/guns", which to me are things built just to be slightly bigger than the last guy for bragging rights or youtube views. For example, JD Jones built exactly THREE 950JDJ rifles which all weighed somewhere in the 90LB range. Cool ballistic and gunsmithing experiment for sure, but they are constantly cited as the biggest, most powerful rifles ever. Now some folks build 30lb 4-bore and even 30lb 2 bores in order to brag but never carry. Where does that end?

There's nothing magic about it as Mike says above, just good shooting fundamentals. I've owned the much lighter than this gun Bland 4 bore he mentions above for almost 20 years and have taken tons of folks to the range with 30-40 rounds loaded on a spectrum from very light to getting-uncomfortable and talked them through how to get good results without any drama and staying in their comfort/fun zone. No heroics necessary. When we had our Alaskan DR shoots there were usually several 4 and 8 bores, 600s, 577s, etc that even passerbys on the range stopped in to try with proper coaching and without incident but lots of smiles. For that matter, if any NE guys/gals are visiting the Yellowstone area of MT send me an email and we'll work out some range time and you can see for yourself. I've had 10 year old kids who can handle a 308 shoot mine off sandbags with 700fps loads with no problem or hysteria.

Bob

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"If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?"

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