Qubo, A heavy jacketed bullet may not have a chance to expand and do a lot of tissue damage, but I can guarantee you that a fast moving heavy bullet will cause sufficient hydrostatic shock and tissue damage to kill about any antelope providing you shoot him anywhere except the nose or the foot.
I agree with Buzz. Time alone won't affect the way a rifle shoots. The first thing I would do is give the barrel a good cleaning with a wire brush and a copper solvent. Be sure to oil down the rifling after the solvent to prevent corrosion. After you clean the barrel GOOD, remove the scope...
Well, here we are, 20 odd years later and the changes are miniscule. Looks like the old favorites are still the favorites or at least in the running and the few new commercial rounds are squeezing their way in there. I'm still shooting the same wildcat that I was shooting in 2003 so I guess...
Did anyone else draw an AZ Antelope Tag for Unit 10? If you did, let me know and perhaps we can get together. I will likely be hunting alone this year and company in the evening is better than eating alone.
In the day, the average working man could afford a Belgian Browning or an FN or a Dumolin Mauser actioned rifle. They were all beautiful and accurate and a pleasure to shoot. Today, you can still buy some of those rifles, but you could also send you kid through 4 years of college for about the...
Geez Greenhorn, I've lived here for 34 years and never heard of anyone with 26 points for elk. Now I just had 28 points for Antelope and got drawn (or at least got charged) so far.
Arizona totals the numnber of points accumulated by all applicants, then divides by the total number of applicant to find the average. They will round up to the closest highest number.
I don't know what your religious leanings are, but I've always favored Hebrew names for boys...and girls. Jacob, Joshua, Samuel, and Noah are among my favorites.
Can the old man pitch in a comment? There are two basic components to recoil. Weight and velocity. Felt recoil factors in the weight of the rifle and the weight of the powder charge. The factor that affects most people the greatest is recoil velocity. If you note the table that was posted...