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Ah,Marshall you took many words right out of my mouth.
Often,I have said the same thing,all that is new isn't really after all.
Many of the younger people I know,when I tell them I have a wildcat (30/338),don't even know the term..
Many as you stated have really been around for years.
Most people nowadays think if it dont run 3000 fps or faster that for some reason it'll bounce off a deer skin.
If we're honest,many of us are "overgunned" for what we hunt.
The 30/378 I had many years ago as a wildcat,and I wore out a barrel in less than 1000 rounds,and this was "babying" it all the way.
I think as you stated our present day mainstream gun writers are sold out to the big guys,and they seem to promote "long range" hunting.They'll do a pretty write up on the latest gee whiz flash bang magnum and what a clean kill they got at 600 yards and everybody runs out to buy it thinking they can do it too,when most come away worse off than before.
Altho,I dont have a problem with magnums (pretty much immune to recoil),I only have two "magnums",the 30/338 and a 375 Holland,for the most part they arent necessary,and with the two I have and the 458 winnie I had,they can be downloaded,and made even more versatile.People seem to think they need every gain in velocity they can find,when it just aint so,I mean for years the Holland firm made the only readily available rounds referred to as "magnum" (300 and 375),and evrybody hunted with calibers and bullets that by todays standards would be considered inferior,yet they did a better job and were more ethical for the most part than most of us.
I'm just glad I don't have to have the "New and Improved Deer/Elk/Moose/Bear Slayers" that appear every year it seems.
Jus My Two Cents...
Jack
Often,I have said the same thing,all that is new isn't really after all.
Many of the younger people I know,when I tell them I have a wildcat (30/338),don't even know the term..
Many as you stated have really been around for years.
Most people nowadays think if it dont run 3000 fps or faster that for some reason it'll bounce off a deer skin.
If we're honest,many of us are "overgunned" for what we hunt.
The 30/378 I had many years ago as a wildcat,and I wore out a barrel in less than 1000 rounds,and this was "babying" it all the way.
I think as you stated our present day mainstream gun writers are sold out to the big guys,and they seem to promote "long range" hunting.They'll do a pretty write up on the latest gee whiz flash bang magnum and what a clean kill they got at 600 yards and everybody runs out to buy it thinking they can do it too,when most come away worse off than before.
Altho,I dont have a problem with magnums (pretty much immune to recoil),I only have two "magnums",the 30/338 and a 375 Holland,for the most part they arent necessary,and with the two I have and the 458 winnie I had,they can be downloaded,and made even more versatile.People seem to think they need every gain in velocity they can find,when it just aint so,I mean for years the Holland firm made the only readily available rounds referred to as "magnum" (300 and 375),and evrybody hunted with calibers and bullets that by todays standards would be considered inferior,yet they did a better job and were more ethical for the most part than most of us.
I'm just glad I don't have to have the "New and Improved Deer/Elk/Moose/Bear Slayers" that appear every year it seems.
Jus My Two Cents...
Jack
