You're very welcome Jimmy Ray; I am glad you enjoyed it. Unlike most articles, I thought the writer of this one was spot on.Thanks Mav! I really enjoyed that article!
So did I. I just knew he was going to invoke the name of Jack O'Connor before I finished the first paragraph!I thought the writer of this one was spot on.
Well you were right about that. To be perfectly honest I didn't know where it was heading, but I like where it went. Despite my love for magnums the author and myself (and apparently yourself as well) share many of the same views and have a fondness for many of the same cartridges.I just knew he was going to invoke the name of Jack O'Connor before I finished the first paragraph!
I won't have an opportunity to read it for a while, as I have to pick up someone from the airport here shortly, but it is here for all to see. The aforementioned article begins at page 44.Buzzard said:Mav, try getting a hold of an article in Rifle Magazine's March 09 issue called "Big Results from Small Cartridges."
Okay,the next time I go after 160 lb deer at 100 yards, I'll take my 300 Weatherby Magnum and 20 rounds of ammo @$80 per box. If the wire that holds my chest wall together breaks I'll just tell my cardiologist that I was only "manning up". I'm sure he'll understand.That's right...MAN up!!
Okay,the next time I go after 160 lb deer at 100 yards, I'll take my 300 Weatherby Magnum and 20 rounds of ammo @$80 per box. If the wire that holds my chest wall together breaks I'll just tell my cardiologist that I was only "manning up". I'm sure he'll understand.
I find that there is a certain case size and caliber relationship that performs best. Too large of a case with too small a projectile and you sacrifice efficiency, bbl life, and terminal performance (smaller caliber often begets less trauma and tissue displacement). In the inverse condition you sacrifice good trajectory, sectional density, ballistic coefficient, and sometimes terminal performance (failure to properly expand). The .30Win. case size is not optimized for such large caliber projectiles. It seems to handle 6mm, 6.5mm, and 7mm bullets much better; the .260Rem. being the "butter-zone" IMO. It simply nees more case capacity to perform well with that large of a bullet. FWIW, I don't consider the .30-06 ideal either, the .280Rem. is closer to the ideal caliber for such a case, and the .300WM (amongst other magnums) is about right for .30cal. IMO.I don't understand his disdain for the .308 Winchester, which somehow doesn't put the 30 caliber's best foot forward (?), whatever that means.
Please educate me on how the .308Win. is more accurate than any other cartridge, including but not limited to the .30-06....especially with the accuracy you can wring out of a .308?
The only thing that I will agree with is that there is more match grade ammunition available for the .308Win. that most other cartridges. That doesn't mean that it is in any way better than anything else. There still isn't an "inherently accurate" cartridge. I run my own ammunition factory and can put out any cartridge to match grade specifications and match or best all factory fodder available.Try shooting a 168 grain round (165 grain round for hunting) through a .308 bolt rifle and you'll see what I mean. Ammo makers have .308 ammo down!