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Re: DR choice for DG?
23/12/10 09:39 AM

The .470 has stood the test of time as the most prevalent rimmed DG cartridge for a reason. In a DR it offers the best combination of rifle weight/recoil/stopping power/penetration. The standard by which all the others are judged.

No one has ever really needed to tinker with the conventional load: the 500 gr bullet at 2150 FPS. Good factory ammunition is readily available.

Anything bigger is overkill. You will shoot better if not fatigued from carrying a heavier howitzer all day, and shot placement is far more important than a marginal increase in caliber. Additionally, your second shot (if necessary) will be a bit better/quicker if you have not been punished by the recoil of your first.

You can go a little smaller/lighter (back to the various venerable .450's), but why bother when you can use what superceded them, making the best, low pressure use of the earlier .500's case?

As Craig Boddington has written it is a .470NE world, and that is a very good world to live in...

Fine, use something a little different, but you won't find anything better.

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DR choice for DG?	JabaliHunter	23/12/10 06:02 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	grandveneur	24/12/10 10:50 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	Kebco	24/12/10 11:34 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	NitroX	25/12/10 11:40 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	CptCurl	26/12/10 02:05 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	Yochanan	26/12/10 11:22 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	Ripp	27/12/10 01:19 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	ozhunter	25/01/11 05:36 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	longfeather	28/01/11 03:47 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	Bonde	04/03/11 04:35 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	TH44	26/01/11 06:13 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	ozhunter	26/01/11 10:19 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	AkMike	26/01/11 10:39 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	ozhunter	26/01/11 10:53 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	hunter_angler	25/12/10 01:44 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	gatsby	23/12/10 04:33 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	rigbymauser	23/12/10 09:20 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	jaz	23/12/10 11:55 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	CptCurl	24/12/10 12:35 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	bouldersmith	24/12/10 02:24 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	peter	24/12/10 07:40 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	Ndumo	23/12/10 04:54 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	ozhunter	23/12/10 08:15 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	SharpsNitro	23/12/10 02:32 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	doubleriflejack	23/12/10 06:14 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	hunter_angler	23/12/10 09:39 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	CptCurl	23/12/10 10:15 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	470evans	23/12/10 11:16 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	CptCurl	23/12/10 11:51 AM
Re: DR choice for DG?	470evans	23/12/10 12:28 PM
Re: DR choice for DG?	bwananelson	23/12/10 11:24 AM

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