Geo_Erudite
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ZeroJunk said:The latest coolness is using less powerful cartridges and talking about how such and such a small cartridge is perfectly adequate for whatever and the unenlightened masses are using too much.
In the meantime there is not much downside to using the biggest thing you can stand to shoot and hit what you are aiming at. You just won't be cool on internet forums.
I don't think it is the latest coolness or fad. We live in the information age that allows us to analyze everything, including the cartridges we shoot. The results of shooting competitions and the cartridges used to win are also guiding this thinking. Bryan Litz and German Salazar have written on why .30 caliber and greater have fallen out of favor in competition shooting. We live in an age where everyone is chasing the sub-MOA group. This mindset makes it tough to justify a .30 caliber or larger gun or a magnum. It is easier to achieve this with a high BC bullet in a low recoil cartridges, which happen to be these "small cartridges".
I wish I could handle high recoil or even .308 recoil, if I could I would run out and buy a CZ in 9.3x62 just because, but I am super happy with my 6.5 Creedmoor because of the ballistics I get with those high BC bullets and the minimum recoil afforded to me by this cartridge.
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