I don’t mind it. I have a 458 that pushes 450 grains about 2300. It is not painful but you need to make sure it is solid against your shoulder and your eye is back at the end of the eye relief window. It is a big push.
I was thinking the same thing, How did it appear as the left eye in one view of the hospital bed. And why would he have not been standing behind that big tree to steady the shot?
Japanese Hornets are bad animals. I would get a full auto airsoft rifle if I had another problem with them.
My dad used the bug zappers with the blue light in it. It would kill around 10 every night. Over the course of two summers it greatly reduced the numbers in the hive. The hive was in a...
Running a lightly oiled patch down a high power rifle will not significantly change POI in hunting terms. Of course running a oiled patch down a bench rest gun will change POI enough to notice if you are shooting 1 inch groups at 200 but that is a different story.
If the property line is straight. Cut a shooting lane at min legal distance form property line and practice 1000 yard shots every Saturday and Sunday morning at daylight. Set up a steel gong so you will know when you are on target. Offer to stop wheN the trespassing ceases.
That animal had either run 20 miles or was tranqued. A healthy animal that size would have stomped the humans feet or slid a hoof down the front of his leg and then gored him when he let go. Or simply yanked his head up and threw the human up in the air.
Anyone that thinks that is possible has...
If someone shoots toward you house where your family sleeps, that is in a whole different category of response.
I worked in a gun shop in the 80s and I had a guy come in and bought a M1A because he said it took 4 shots to stop a bronco that some poachers were driving after they shot toward his...
Thermal vision scopes dropping in price should make a big dent in the population. If I could afford one of the good scopes I know several people that would let me shoot them on their property.