Originally Posted by
Bjornb
And therein lays some of the rub. I think we can distill ALL of the bickering down to the same tiresome drama that happens EVERY time. Let me illustrate:
Problem when started from the slow twist shooters:
1. Slow twist shooters post groups, explain how it's easily done, use linotype, Goodsteel rifles etc.
2. Fast twist shooters will then post "but you gotta be able to do that in a ten twist" otherwise you're not a real man.
3. Slow twist shooters say "show us the results from your shooting like we did"
4. Fast twist shooters say "we did that in the 1950s and got ridiculed for it"
Now we are at a stalemate, and bickering starts because nobody sees any reason to back down, and mods intervene.
Problem when started from the fast twist shooters: (ex. Milk jug thread)
1. Fast twist shooters post groups or other shooting, explain their methods, soft alloy, bump up bullet in the throat etc.
2. Slow twist shooters will post "we don't believe you, show us proof"
3. Fast twist shooters will, sometimes elaborately, explain the theory, which sounds fine but (IMO) is VERY difficult to achieve (45 2.1 has told the forum many times that it is a process that takes long time and much shooting to achieve, and he is 100% right).
4. Slow twist shooters say "oh you guys are just talk and we don't believe your methods work"
Now we are at a stalemate, and bickering starts because nobody sees any reason to back down, and mods intervene.
I thought cainttype had a good idea when he started the thread in Special Projects for the slow twist followers and other interested shooters. I recognize btroj's right to post wherever he wants to on this forum, but the name of the thread should maybe have tipped him off that this was a thread where his shooting would not be the primary focus (unless he considers his rifle to have a slow twist). So maybe some self-policing would be a good idea for some; there have been many posts in this forum where I scratched my head an thought "huh?", but then I realized that the poster had a right to his opinion, and that inserting mine wouldn't do a darn thing for civil discourse on the forum.