I took my M1Carbine and my 1917 Eddystone to the range today. Also took along about a dozen 10 inch pumpkins that needed killing.
I put them on the 50 yard berm and fired away with the Carbine. Pumpkins exploded like they were stuffed with dynomite.
Picked up the 30.06 and shot a few rounds at some of the survivors. I said to myself, Self you're missing those pumpkinis with this rifle, you're a lousy shot.
Went down to inspect things and found lotsof holes dead center in several pumpkins that were targeted by the .30-06. Backs of the punkins were gone but except for the holes, the fronts were intact. No explosions with the 30-06.
I figured for sure the 06 would blow them to hell and gone and thought the carbine would puch some holes like the smaller calibers do but I was exactly reversed in my actual shooting.
If using pumpkins is a good comparison, in war, a head sot with a carbine would blow the head apart but a head shot with the 30-06 would be much less severe (dead but less messy).
Any comments to help me with a valid explanation for this ?
By the way, this was the first time I tried putting some holes on paper with the carbine. From a rest I could put 15 rounds into pretty much of a 3 inch circle at 50 yards. I'm impressed by that little gun.
The 30-06 in my Eddystone put most of them nearly touching. It's always been my best shooter.
I put them on the 50 yard berm and fired away with the Carbine. Pumpkins exploded like they were stuffed with dynomite.
Picked up the 30.06 and shot a few rounds at some of the survivors. I said to myself, Self you're missing those pumpkinis with this rifle, you're a lousy shot.
Went down to inspect things and found lotsof holes dead center in several pumpkins that were targeted by the .30-06. Backs of the punkins were gone but except for the holes, the fronts were intact. No explosions with the 30-06.
I figured for sure the 06 would blow them to hell and gone and thought the carbine would puch some holes like the smaller calibers do but I was exactly reversed in my actual shooting.
If using pumpkins is a good comparison, in war, a head sot with a carbine would blow the head apart but a head shot with the 30-06 would be much less severe (dead but less messy).
Any comments to help me with a valid explanation for this ?
By the way, this was the first time I tried putting some holes on paper with the carbine. From a rest I could put 15 rounds into pretty much of a 3 inch circle at 50 yards. I'm impressed by that little gun.
The 30-06 in my Eddystone put most of them nearly touching. It's always been my best shooter.
