tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7413037487575145177..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Boomsticks: Gratuitous Gun Pr0n No. 45Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74833692184932427902008-04-01T11:34:00.000-04:002008-04-01T11:34:00.000-04:00Tam, I've fired (and reloaded) lots of .338 Whispe...Tam, I've fired (and reloaded) lots of .338 Whisper. We shoot it from a Thompson/Center Encore with a Gemtech can. It's not really very obtrusive and it's quite quiet. Works fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30738831980320226692007-06-23T09:06:00.000-04:002007-06-23T09:06:00.000-04:00Sinclair has full length 2 die set, for $65 - Redd...Sinclair has full length 2 die set, for $65 - Redding instead of CH4D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62905642164764565742007-06-22T14:56:00.000-04:002007-06-22T14:56:00.000-04:00"Please correct me if I'm wrong, but before that 2...<I>"Please correct me if I'm wrong, but before that 220 grain softpoint ever left the barrel of a .30-06 thousands of then had flown out of Krags traveling at about 2,000fps."</I><BR/><BR/>Not THAT 220 grain bullet. This one is a soft-point jacketed bullet designed to be fired at about 2200 to 2400 fps. <BR/><BR/>And There's a pretty significant difference between 1350 and 2000 fps.... <BR/><BR/>Tam-- you've got mail.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17055248705548371782007-06-22T05:53:00.000-04:002007-06-22T05:53:00.000-04:00Yeah, but $75 is a lot to an unemployed bum. ;)Tha...Yeah, but $75 is a lot to an unemployed bum. ;)<BR/><BR/>That's how much they were at the shop I was at; I'll probably pick up a set next time I'm in Nashville.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27649928680242038902007-06-22T05:40:00.000-04:002007-06-22T05:40:00.000-04:00Tammy, I mentioned in a post farther down, where y...Tammy, I mentioned in a post farther down, where you were complaining about the cost of .300 Whisper die costs, to Check CH4d - they're $75 from them, but their marked .30-221, because JD Jones was a cut of anything that has "whisper" on it. They even have dies for some of the wildcat versions with 30 and 40 degree shoulders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41888607661493386782007-06-21T19:38:00.000-04:002007-06-21T19:38:00.000-04:00Coooooool!Please do let us know the results of you...Coooooool!<BR/><BR/>Please do let us know the results of your testing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6802671552854800302007-06-21T12:36:00.000-04:002007-06-21T12:36:00.000-04:00The inscription on the magazine well is the very b...The inscription on the magazine well is the very best thing, in the universe, ever. Buh-rilliant :DMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730143528740977761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86250572925602947812007-06-21T11:16:00.000-04:002007-06-21T11:16:00.000-04:00Please correct me if I'm wrong, but before that 22...Please correct me if I'm wrong, but before that 220 grain softpoint ever left the barrel of a .30-06 thousands of then had flown out of Krags traveling at about 2,000fps. <BR/>I'd love to see a kARg 30-40 carbine, that's be a hoot!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89213722311790273332007-06-21T10:44:00.000-04:002007-06-21T10:44:00.000-04:00Okay, now I want one. I have no rational explanat...Okay, now I want one. I have no rational explanation as to why, but seeing that picture makes me want to liquidate some stocks.Justin Buisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17562279125607977323noreply@blogger.com