Here is the end of week intelligence test for gun loonies. Score 5 out of 5 and you get the Empty Cases – smarter than the average gun guy – award as long as you did not use Google for help. 4 out of 5 and you can brag about being smarter than anyone in the main stream media when it comes to firearms. 3 out of 5 or less means you probably should not engage in campfire arguments.Answers will be posted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
And, the answers are: 100 pounds and 10 pounds is 10% of 100 pounds. The Triple Shock bullet will penetrate 24 inches in 10% ordnance gelatin. The first quote about the rifle is from Jeff Cooper. The .327 Federal has the highest pressure. And, Finn Aagaard was the gunwriter who made the quote about penetration.<\/strong><\/p>\n So, on average, it looks like most of you best study up before the campfire arguments sure to develop at deer camp this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n [poll id=”9″]<\/p>\n [poll id=”10″]<\/p>\n [poll id=”11″]<\/p>\n [poll id=”12″]<\/p>\n [poll id=”13″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is the end of week intelligence test for gun loonies. Score 5 out of 5 and you get the Empty Cases – smarter than the average gun guy – award as long as you did not use Google for help. 4 out of 5 and you can brag about being smarter than anyone in the main stream media when it comes …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2522,1],"tags":[59,60,61,62,63,64],"class_list":["post-7010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","category-uncategorized","tag-barnes-triple-shock","tag-craig-boddington","tag-finn-aagaard","tag-jeff-cooper","tag-john-barsness","tag-ordnance-gelatin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-1P4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8458,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/where-have-all-the-great-gun-writers-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":7010,"position":0},"title":"Where have all the great gun writers gone?","author":"gunwriter","date":"March 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There was a time, not all that long ago because I can remember it, when the profession of writing about guns and the outdoors was looked at in an entirely different light. 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