forty_caliber
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I've been thinking about acquiring a new rifle in a "magnum" caliber. I'm not anticipating winning an all expense paid African Safari or having sudden polar bear invasion down in Texas. It's just an idea I've been toying with for a while.
I've always wanted a "belted magnum" since a stranger I met at the rifle range in my youth let me fire his .458 Win Mag. Damn near knocked 12 yr old me out of the chair and kicked like a mule...I couldn't get the grin off my face for days. I realize that the time for this technology may have come and gone or at least is passing by. This type of case certainly isn't a requirement.
In any event in my research I keep running into roadblocks of one kind or another that keep me from settling in on the definitive choice.
.375 H&H - cases and dies are hard to find but keep coming back to this one.
.338 Lapua - way to expensive for a pinch-penny miserly man such as myself.
.300 Win Mag - Hmmm... possibly but does it have enough attitude to really shine vs .308
.300 RUM - Horror stories of it being a barrel burner <1000 round life
7mm Rem Magnum - Flat trajectory like a .270 but comparable energy to a 30-06?
Lots of others that give me pause due to availability or just plain lack of knowledge...338 Win Mag, .300 Norma, 416 Rigby.
Lost in the data.
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I've always wanted a "belted magnum" since a stranger I met at the rifle range in my youth let me fire his .458 Win Mag. Damn near knocked 12 yr old me out of the chair and kicked like a mule...I couldn't get the grin off my face for days. I realize that the time for this technology may have come and gone or at least is passing by. This type of case certainly isn't a requirement.
In any event in my research I keep running into roadblocks of one kind or another that keep me from settling in on the definitive choice.
.375 H&H - cases and dies are hard to find but keep coming back to this one.
.338 Lapua - way to expensive for a pinch-penny miserly man such as myself.
.300 Win Mag - Hmmm... possibly but does it have enough attitude to really shine vs .308
.300 RUM - Horror stories of it being a barrel burner <1000 round life
7mm Rem Magnum - Flat trajectory like a .270 but comparable energy to a 30-06?
Lots of others that give me pause due to availability or just plain lack of knowledge...338 Win Mag, .300 Norma, 416 Rigby.
Lost in the data.
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