Monday - March 08, 2010
Too Much Gun
From the Little Big Guns to the Big Big Guns, putting large projectiles on target gets the job done. But the price gets paid on the sending end too. Big ouch. Here are a few links to tails of excessive recoil that ultimately caused failure.
These two failed in the marketplace. Great cartridges that gave the “lowly” lever action rifle extended range and power, but kicked like rabid demons. I own one of these, and without a recoil pad it’s a nasty piece of work. Really pretty rifles. Very well made. Enough power for hunting elk and bison and even polar bears. But awful ergonomics. The .375 and the .356: two levergun cartridges that didn’t survive.
Another levergun, another failure. The 1895 Winchester was probably the best and strongest lever action rifle ever made, possibly surpassing the legendary Savage Model 99. But it had the ergonomics of a brick and was another evil kicking beast. The 1895 is famous for being chambered in .405 Winchester, a cartridge so potent you could hunt elephants and lions with it. Which is exactly what Teddy Roosevelt did with that. Winchester made a short run of these rifles a couple years ago and they sold out in a flash. Hornady still makes the ammunition today. And it still gets the big jobs done. And the brand new 1895’s with the brand new ammo still try to tear your arm off and dislocate your shoulder in a brutal 19th century manner. Professional safari hunter Craig Boddington builds a proper rifle in .405 and finds it works just like it did for old TR in Bully for the .405.
At the other extreme, Rich K sent me a link about the battleship Texas. Hey, happy birthday state of Texas, a little late. And b-day wishes to the USS Texas, which turns 95 this moth. The USS Texas exists today as a floating museum, but she took part in both WWI and WWII. A very old school looking ship. Rich also sent a link to a bit of fiction, one of those military “what if” stories. In this one I gather there are no airplanes, and the biggest naval battle of the Atlantic in WWII is about to start. And Germany has a secret weapon. Check out the recoil on that baby. Form Battle Lines!, and read Anton Savage’s story of a clash between real and mythical Last Dreadnoughts, a 40 minute read in 6 or 7 parts.
Posted by Drew458
on 03/08/2010 at 11:55 AM
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