by wildcatter » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:23 pm
This is all very interesting. A bullet especially for the Condor Zone. Seems to me we could make a special purpose bullet, but the question is, is there one that already works well and qualifies? The various Barnes bullets for 460 S&W will work nicely, I think. The 460sw is the same dia as the 450b, travels at the same factory speeds and unless your going to make those bullets go to hyper velocities in the 450b, they will perform as advertised? With just a slight peruse of the Barnes site it seems that they already have bullets that come close to WofC's parameters, I think. Question; is the Condor Zone that desirable to hunt in and can more standard bullets be used in other areas of CA?
Just a thought for perspective.
The 45cal has been around longer than any other caliber and as such, the bullets available are far and wide (from .450" to .458" we can shoot'em all, but the .458" bullets are somewhat heavy for the parameters being discussed), as they are plentiful. So, it would be difficult to make a special purpose bullet, that isn't already available, that's not to say our Wants-Wishes-Desires, can't be a new niche that needs tickling, but in the mean time, isn't there a "Good" trade off bullet for the C-zone, Barnes's 200grXPB might come close?
Another question: I know that Condors taste like chicken, so I'm told, but other than those (come on this is a joke), what are we trying to kill in that zone and if it's white-tails, isn't the 200gr XPB up to the task, as outlined? I'm not trying to be critical at all here, I'm just trying to get my head around the problem.
As a side question, but some what related, I just looked up how much congress spent on the Condor's for 2009 and it's paltry $634,000. Does that even cover the wages for the researchers, leaving no money what-so-ever for the birds? Seems to me that it'd be easy to sell 150,000 permits, to harvest "One" Condor, at $100/per permit, in a non-refundable lottery, for a total of $15 Million bucks, doing this every year. With that kind of money, how long would the Condors remain on the Endangered Species List? I know we have some Dr's here that are wrapped up in the money game side of research, am I crazy to suggest such a thing? What would the effects be with that kind of monetary infusion be? Sorry for the HyJack, my old habits are rearing their ugly head again..t
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