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By Chuck Hawks. Having spent the time and effort to devise a rifle cartridge killing power formula that has a positive correlation with actual results in the field, it seemed appropriate to use that formula to compare the killing power of various hunting rifle cartridges and loads. ... However, the Remington Managed Recoil .30-30 125 grain/2175 ...By Chuck Hawks. Inside of a rifle barrel there are spiral grooves, called rifling. These are intended to spin the bullet to keep it stable (point on), without wobbling or tumbling, during its flight to the target. ... see the expanded "Rifle Barrel Twist List" on the Tables, Charts and Lists page.).17 HMR = 1 in 9".22 Long Rifle = 1 in 16".222 ...The CVA Optima V2 rifle was introduced at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Although it has the same name as previous Optima muzzleloaders and the stock and barrel are essentially the same, the new Optima V2 borrows its action and trigger designs from the top-of-the-line Accura V2 series. The Optima V2 uses the same trigger-guard actuation ...Google Chuck Hawks recoil table,you'll find out exactly what the difference is. Not trying to get off topic and I find tools such as this useful but recoil tables aren't perfect. They give you numbers to compare but often don't compare recoil using the same weight rifle, even with the same caliber. For instance, a 30-06/150gr is shown with a 7 ...Compared: Rifle and Barrel Recoil Table. Compiled by Chuck Hawks. A common issue among shooters belongs how rifle and shotgun shrink compares. The view below provides some objective answers. However, will is worth perceiving that shotguns are generally fired at moving targets from an standing position at the trip, skeet or sporting sound range.Recoil (kick) is the rifle's reaction to the action of the bullet being accelerated down the rifle barrel. Recoil is caused by two factors. The first is the bullet itself, which cannot be interfered with. The second is the expanding powder gasses that are pushing the bullet and must also exit the barrel. Muzzle brakes reduce recoil by diverting ...Saf. 8, 1433 AH ... double of next to nothing is still pretty good I'm thinking. http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm. Anyone out there tried both? Is there a ...In the shooting sports we call that reaction recoil or "kick." It can be measured or computed empirically and has been for this recoil table. Do not forget that rifle weight is a crucial factor in the recoil equation, inversely proportional to recoil. Increase the gun weight by, say, 25% and the recoil goes down by 25%.To order the latest books by Marshall and Sanow, follow my link to Evan Marshal's Stopping Power web page. For experienced shooters the headings of most of the columns above are self-explanatory. For everyone else: "Caliber" is the common name of the cartridge tested; "Load" is the brand of ammunition tested; "Bullet" is the weight (in grains ...Rifle Recoil Table - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.According to Chuck Hawks' recoil table, the .30-06, using 150-180-grain loads, generates 17.6-20.3 ft-lbs of recoil energy in an 8-lb rifle. This can increase to almost 24 ft-lbs when using 220-grain bullets. The table also includes a light 125-grain varmint load that produces only 10.2, but this is not representative of most loads in ...The .338 Federal. By Chuck Hawks. Illustration courtesy of Federal Cartridge. The .338 Federal represents the first time in its long history that the Federal Cartridge Company has put its name on the headstamp of a cartridge. Federal's offering is based on a .308 Winchester case necked-up to accept standard .338" diameter bullets.Improved Rifle Ballistics Table. By Chuck Hawks. For an expanded version of this table showing more loads, including British, European, wildcat, proprietary and obsolescent American calibers, see the "Expanded and Improved Rifle Ballistics Table" on the Tables, Charts and Lists Page. There are dozens of loads for any given bullet weight in any cartridge that will produce different velocity and ...Shaw. 3, 1434 AH ... All around rifle cartridge chart. Africa ... ALL-AROUND RIFLE CARTRIDGES. Chuck Hawks examines and compares the all-around rifle cartridges.According to Chuck Hawks Handgun Recoil Table, a 2.25-lb pistol shooting a 180-grain 10mm Auto cartridge at 1295 fps (basically the original loading) produces 11.4 ft-lbs of recoil, roughly equal to a medium-power load in a 4-lb .44 Magnum. A 1.5-lb .40 S&W pistol produces around 10 ft-lbs of recoil for most loadings, double that of 9mm.By Chuck Hawks. By "minimum," I mean minimum in recoil and therefore most comfortable for young, old, infirm and recoil sensitive shooters. Of course, these low recoil cartridges must be adequate in killing power to humanely harvest average North American deer with a solid hit in the vital heart/lung area.. I am not referring to trophy bucks here.

By Chuck Hawks .338 Marlin Express ammo and Marlin XLR rifle. ... The price to be paid for higher performance is, of course, increased recoil. I am convinced that heavy recoil, more than any other factor, is what has limited the popularity of all the previous standard medium bore cartridges, including such recent short action examples as the ...Cracking the Fermi Paradox. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, better known as SETI, has long operated with few financial resources but no lack of hope that astronomers ...By Chuck Hawks. Illustration courtesy of CCI. The .22 Long Rifle (LR) is the most popular and the most highly developed cartridge in the world. The major ammunition producers have put more research and development dollars into this modest little cartridge than any other. It is used at the highest levels of match target competition, including ...The 6mm Creedmoor is a short action cartridge. Its case holds 50 grains of water, compared to 54 grains of water for the .243 Winchester and 47 grains for the 6mm Lapua. The rim diameter is the usual .473". The case head diameter is .470" and the body diameter behind the shoulder is .462", so there is very little body taper to ease extraction.The .54 Caliber Muzzleloader. By Randy D. Smith. Randy D. Smith. In this day of high-performance muzzleloaders--new long-range .45's, magnum loads, and smokeless powder muzzleloaders--the .54 seems to be fading into the sunset. Recent statistics indicate that .50 and .45 caliber rifles represent a major proportion of the new muzzleloader market.

Old Goat. The loads listed for 45-70 in the recoil table are light loads probably safe for most all rifles. Modern 45-70's which started with "BO" serial #'s from the mid 70's can handle much more. The 405 grain load listed at 1,300 fps for instance is mild compared to hand loaded 405 grain hard cast bullets @ 1,800 fps.The good news: Humanity will survive climate change. The bad news: The only ones who do will be genetically modified superhumans. The late physicist Stephen Hawking’s last writings...…

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