ligonierbill
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...or "Arms of the Medicare Brigade".
Some recent "X vs. Y" discussions got me thinking. What if I had to drop every caliber that wasn't older than me? Not an issue for some of you, but that would be 19th century thru the first half of the 20th for me. Here's my score.
For bottom feeders, not much change. Most of the popular rounds are pretty old. It would eliminate .40 S&W and 357 Sig. I like the .40, but I could certainly live without it. It's cousin would be tougher to drop, it interests me, but practically no problem.
Revolvers are a different story. I have plenty of classics, but I like the boomers. I'd have to drop all the >40 caliber magnums. Wouldn't like that. Of course, I'd still have my first big bore, .45 Colt. That would have to do, and you know, it would.
Rifles would take a hit. No belted magnums. But I guess I could just step up to the .375 H&H and have that covered. No 5.56x45. That would not be good. After years of ignoring it, I'm an AR convert. And the anti-gunners detest it, so that one I'd have to keep.
I'm not dumping any guns now, but my last range session consisted of .41 Long Colt and 50-70 Government. Guess I'm regressing.
Some recent "X vs. Y" discussions got me thinking. What if I had to drop every caliber that wasn't older than me? Not an issue for some of you, but that would be 19th century thru the first half of the 20th for me. Here's my score.
For bottom feeders, not much change. Most of the popular rounds are pretty old. It would eliminate .40 S&W and 357 Sig. I like the .40, but I could certainly live without it. It's cousin would be tougher to drop, it interests me, but practically no problem.
Revolvers are a different story. I have plenty of classics, but I like the boomers. I'd have to drop all the >40 caliber magnums. Wouldn't like that. Of course, I'd still have my first big bore, .45 Colt. That would have to do, and you know, it would.
Rifles would take a hit. No belted magnums. But I guess I could just step up to the .375 H&H and have that covered. No 5.56x45. That would not be good. After years of ignoring it, I'm an AR convert. And the anti-gunners detest it, so that one I'd have to keep.
I'm not dumping any guns now, but my last range session consisted of .41 Long Colt and 50-70 Government. Guess I'm regressing.