The Firearm Blog

From RFC

Game have a new line of spring powered airguns with integrated suppressors.

They do not use the word “suppressor” which I find odd. Instead they call it “ND25 Noise Reduction Technology”… A suppressor by any other name.

The Whisper is a single cock break barrel action with a rifled steel, fluted bull barrel and an integral, non-removable noise dampener that reduces noise up to 52 percent. 2-stage adjustable trigger and automatic cocking safety with manual trigger safety. Fiber-optic front and rear adjustable sights. Includes 3–9×40 scope with a 1-piece solid mount. .177 caliber shoots 1200 fps with PBA ammo or 1000 fps with lead pellets. Weight: 5.28 lbs. Length: 43.5″.

More here.

Hat Tip: Saysuncle

The Box O’ Truth has tested various cartridges to see what penetrates brush the best. As I hunter I found this is a *very* interesting read as it has been something I have wondered about many times.

Sometimes a deer will be behind a brush and only allow a narrow area for a hunter to place a bullet through. Even then, that bullet may hit a branch. Some old deer hunters used to say, “Those high velocity spitzers will be deflected by branches, but not my old .45-70. It’s a brush-buster!”

More here.

Hat Tip: ACE

Slaton @ Gun Shots discusses long distance (100-200 yard) slug hunting:

I started deer hunting with a slug gun. Well, let me qualify that. It was actually an old side-by-side Stevens, and back in college, just before the deer opener my buddy and I would drive to an abandoned railroad culvert.

We drew a deer silhouette on a piece of large cardboard and stood back about 30 yards. For ammo, I used discount Foster slugs—I don’t even remember the brand. If we put a hole anywhere within the silhouette, the gun was pronounced “on.”

More here.

More from the guys @ Anzio Ironworks. Anzio produce a lightweight .50 BMG hunting rifle.

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A South African on rec.guns asked about hunting geese with his 30-06!

Hi guys. Jacques here from South Africa. I use my 30-06 to hunt wild
birds especially Egyptian geese for research purposes.My problem is
that this is my only rifle and I need a load to minimize meat damage
seeing that I need to take samples of the organs of the birds

Suggestions included:

Chamber adapters

Light Loads

Sabots (see picture)

UPDATE: A continuation of the discussion is here.

ShelbyFan over at RFC warns about the use of hot .22 rimfire cartridges on game you plan on eating!

normally I use PMC Zappers, but I was in a hurry and used quik shoks to go grouse hunting, big mistake.
just saying, if you wanna blow something up the quik shok’s do the job nicely, not if the target is gonna be eaten.
i barely needed to clean her, she lost almost all her guts, the tail fell off.
ruffled grouse

I have not used CCI Quic-shot but plan of purchasing a box soon and seeing how effective it is on small game. I will be sure to post my experiences on the blog.

New Jovian Thunderbolt has written about his experiences at a Maryland Hunter Education course.

The course is held at an Isaak Walton League chapter and conducted by members of the local club. The instructors were stereotypical hunting types. Clearly not city bred, middle-aged men that look like they’ve been hunting since they were 8 years old, and probably were. They had an obvious happy enthusiasm for hunting and the outdoors and appeared genuinely pleased to impart their knowledge and positive experience on to others.

Part one is here.

Part two is here.

UPDATE: Part three is here.

David continues his ‘African Shooting Lessons’ entry here.

“A good shot develops a sense of how much time he has–and uses that time.”

(Photo from wikipedia.org)

I would never recommend hunting medium sized game with a .22 short but this just goes to show what a little 29 grain chunk of lead traveling at a measly 700-800 fps can do!

From RimfireCentral.com:

More pictures if you follow this link.