Winchesters New Long Range Hunting Cartridge

[Camdig]

Thoughts on this, looks interesting.
Winchester obviously see a future in lead bullets! Do they know something we dont?

 

[Klenchblaize]

Thoughts on this, looks interesting.
Winchester obviously see a future in lead bullets! Do they know something we dont?

Only that the US appear singularly uninterested in Europe's fixation with a lead ban.

K

 

[Camdig]

Only that the US appear singularly uninterested in Europe's fixation with a lead ban.

K

Don't mention tarrifs on them

 

[HonestJohn]

The market outside the US is largely irrelevant, 99% of bullet sales in the US are toxic/lead I suspect; Apart from California.

Why the need for a 600-900yds hunting bullet is beyond me. Just makes some people think it’s acceptable to give it a whirl

 

[tarponhead]

The rationale was in the video - long, long ranges needed out West. Hope some of the US SD members will enlighten us? I do like Ron Spomer - seems a knowledgable gentleman and articulate too.

 

[Smellydog]

Pandering to ego's.

 

[John Gryphon]

The market outside the US is largely irrelevant, 99% of bullet sales in the US are toxic/lead I suspect; Apart from California.

Why the need for a 600-900yds hunting bullet is beyond me. Just makes some people think it’s acceptable to give it a whirl

stock up for when the invading hordes arrive

 

[Bavarianbrit]

They may also change the lead ban in Greenland soon.
Don was described on German news today as a pathological narcissist.

 

[cjm1066]

if its as sucessful as the 21 Sharpe

 

[Dave_424]

New long range hunting bullet, not cartridge.

 

[finnbear270]

An engineering excercise in conformity.

 

[tarponhead]

Pandering to ego's.

Yes, but whose?

 

[Smellydog]

Yes, but whose?

Wannabes snipers. Call of duty gamers.

 

[finnbear270]

The market is in the states where fat guys can't get close, or the options are genuinely pretty long range measured by our expectations.

 

[Kane01]

Why the need for a 600-900yds hunting bullet is beyond me. Just makes some people think it’s acceptable to give it a whirl

Personally I dont see anything wrong with extending whats considered "long range hunting" as long as its still humane and ethical, thats my only concern. There have been so many changes in ballistics tech and the tech available to shooters just in the time I have been shooting alone that mean we can now shoot longer and more accurately, if you have the ability to do so then I say go for it!

 

[Bavarianbrit]

The flight time of the bullet to me means the beast will almost certainly not be in the exact relative position when the strike happens as when the trigger was pulled. So do these lardarses see into the future like on some sci fi movie? lazy sods IMO.

 

[sh1kar]

Wannabes snipers. Call of duty gamers.

Sometimes you just cant get any closer than say 500 yards

 

[Apthorpe]

They may also change the lead ban in Greenland soon.
Don was described on German news today as a pathological narcissist.

That sort of language always helps when you're trying to reach a diplomatic accommodation. All too typical of the self-regarding idiocy of European leadership.

 

[HallyButt]

Having tagged along with a few hunters in the western states, with some very very knowledgeable and talented hunters who make the best UK and EU hunters look like clowns.. 400 yards is as common there as 70 is here. If you haven’t witnessed it yourself then you won’t understand.

 

[Rafter]

Don't knock it till you've tried it - you just might learn a thing or two along the way.

There are plenty of clever blokes on here who know what they're talking about, but there does seem to be a group who don't know, who don't know that they don't know, and are proud to wallow in their ignorance