Apparently my rifle is too loud??

[jackelope]

Why would anyone want to own, let alone shoot a .500 Jeffrey?
The term 'compensating' comes to mind....

It serves a double purpose, the 500 Jeffery that is. If you cant kill something that can kill you, before it gets you. You can drop the SOB on the ground, crawl in the barrel and hide.

Maybe I should go pull the motor in my truck and stuff a more efficient 4 cylinder in there. Wouldn't want the size of the current motor to be considered "Compensating"

It's not the .500 Jeffrey or the compensating or anything like that that bugs me...it's the fact that some feel inclined to tell everyone and their brother about how cool they are and how *censored* all their stuff is. Why criticize someone for using factory ammo? Childish and puny if you ask me.  Leave tje criticizing others at the door and you'll be fine here.
 

[Woodchuck]

Wow 6 pages out of a noisy gun at a gun range. Who would have thunk it? Jackelope I think you have outdone yourself. 

[Buckmark]

Wow 6 pages out of a noisy gun at a gun range. Who would have thunk it? Jackelope I think you have outdone yourself. 

Yep and the post did not go very far off track either, i mean there was no mention W@!^*s, I#&!@*s, or A!^s....

[Biggerhammer]

Why would anyone want to own, let alone shoot a .500 Jeffrey?
The term 'compensating' comes to mind....

It serves a double purpose, the 500 Jeffery that is. If you cant kill something that can kill you, before it gets you. You can drop the SOB on the ground, crawl in the barrel and hide.

Maybe I should go pull the motor in my truck and stuff a more efficient 4 cylinder in there. Wouldn't want the size of the current motor to be considered "Compensating"

It's not the .500 Jeffrey or the compensating or anything like that that bugs me...it's the fact that some feel inclined to tell everyone and their brother about how cool they are and how *censored* all their stuff is. Why criticize someone for using factory ammo? Childish and puny if you ask me.  Leave tje criticizing others at the door and you'll be fine here.
 

Some people shoot factory ammo , some don't.

Some people eat at McDonalds, some of us wouldn't feed that crap to our bird dogs.

I have Zero tolerance for those that have no tolerance.

[jackelope]

Most of those that don't shoot factory ammo don't call those that do "sissy" or criticize them for their "safe queen".

I don't do McDonalds either.

[FC]

My dad could kick all your dad's butts.

 

[runamuk]

Most of those that don't shoot factory ammo don't call those that do "sissy" or criticize them for their "safe queen".

I don't do McDonalds either.

this is great 

My dad could kick all your dad's butts.

this is better 


and the reality is one good kick to any of you alls nuts and down you go  just keeping it in perspective

oh and I do eat mc donalds its absolutely horrible for me loaded with empty calories and sometimes it tastes good I've shot factory ammo and handloads and if I ever shoot anything that kicks its better have a brake I will simply wear many layers of ear protection...and as mentioned before muzzleblast is awesome for floofing hair .... 

[Special T]

I use custom loaded ammo! and it works better than factory and costs 75% less! I am a snob about MY rounds... and i NEVER miss my target! Then again it is hand poured buchshot!   

[jackelope]

I use handloads too in my .300 but for most everything else I shoot I use factory ammo. I can't say that the handloads shoot much better than the factory stuff though. Maybe I'd have to spend a lot more time working up a load. I'm not a long range hunter/shooter so taking my groups from .80 to .50 is not a huge concern for me. My rifle shoots pretty dang good groups and I'm sure with a different guy behind it it would likely shoot better. I guess it's good enough for me and it's worked well on a few (now-dead) critters since I've had it. I know some people get into that sort of thing and I think it's way cool when you have a rifle/load combo that will shoot sub .5" groups, I just don't need it or have the time it takes to achieve that sort of group.

[huntitup]

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 Re: Apparently my rifle is too loud??
« Reply #49 on: October 03, 2011, 03:59:03 PM »QuoteQuote from: huntitup on October 03, 2011, 02:37:30 PM
I have break on my 338 RUM that is loud but when the momment of truth comes you or anybody next to you will never notice
I have a good friend with a Weatherby 30-378 with a brake.
We elk hunted Packwood a few years ago and I mentioned I hoped to not be anywhere close to him if he touched one off.
Two years ago he got an elk and a mule deer...two shots=30% hearing loss.
Permanently.
And that was in open country.
Braked rifles under the cover of a range are brutal.
If I'm there with my 7yr old son, we leave until the boomers stop.       



I have shot probably five boxes of shells thru my 338 RUM  open coutry and under roofs target shooting i am required thru my job to have a hearing test every year and there has been no change in five years you buddy might have something else going on

[high country]

Posts: 812

 Re: Apparently my rifle is too loud??
« Reply #49 on: October 03, 2011, 03:59:03 PM »QuoteQuote from: huntitup on October 03, 2011, 02:37:30 PM
I have break on my 338 RUM that is loud but when the momment of truth comes you or anybody next to you will never notice
I have a good friend with a Weatherby 30-378 with a brake.
We elk hunted Packwood a few years ago and I mentioned I hoped to not be anywhere close to him if he touched one off.
Two years ago he got an elk and a mule deer...two shots=30% hearing loss.
Permanently.
And that was in open country.
Braked rifles under the cover of a range are brutal.
If I'm there with my 7yr old son, we leave until the boomers stop.       



I have shot probably five boxes of shells thru my 338 RUM  open coutry and under roofs target shooting i am required thru my job to have a hearing test every year and there has been no change in five years you buddy might have something else going on

were I you, I would count my blessings and start wearing plugs, you can only be lucky so long.

[BULLBLASTER]

The only time I don't plug up is in a hunting situation with a nonbraked rifle. Rangetime and plinking Always ear protection braked rifle always protection. My left ear has some damage from a braked 338-378 a few years ago and I want to keep what I.have.

[landcbeitner]

I don't care for muzzle brakes personally but for long range "practical" competitions they can be very helpful in spotting hits or misses as the case may be. Some of the rifles I use have brakes, most don't. For hunting they are not as practical and do make the rifle louder for the shooter, some are much better than others in this regard. Rifles with muzzle brakes are not easier on the optics and can actually be harder on the optics as the recoil cycle is abruptly brought to a halt when gasses hit the brake. This can be hard on the parts within the scope (especially the heavier parts that have more inertia). At shooting ranges or matches where shooters have to line up together brakes will not make any friends. If I'm shooting a larger caliber... or braked rifle I will make sure there's at least one bench open between myself and the next shooter (although I generally avoid shooting ranges like the plague). It's really funny to hear someone at a "sniper" match complain that his concentration was broken by another competitor using a brake... I can only imagine possible "distractions" in a "real life" scenario along with the implications of a misplaced shot.

[rgalanti21]