Doodlebugger45
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It's kind of a weird thing actually. I spend quite a bit of time shooting targets and developing accurate loads on the bench just for fun. For the past 35 years I've done a lot of hunting. Those are 2 different hobbies for sure.
Over the years, I have heard various cartridges described as "killers". Mostly old timers who don't have the insight that us scientific types might have.
They talk about certain calibers like the .300 Savage, 7 x 57, and of course the 30-30. There is something magic about those they claim. They don't think about things like BC or FPS or TSX or expansion or retention or any of the other myriad variables that us smart guys know are important.
It sounds preposterous in this day and age that these things are not considered by all those old time myths.
But... I am beginning to see a lot of wisdom to those "myths". Some of those old time "killer" rounds are more effective than anything else. Course the old time guys carrying those rifles might have something to do with where the bullets are pointing too. It is kind of humbling and perplexing though when you see over and over and over a 300 Savage round being more effective on elk or deer than a .308 or 300 mag or even a 30-06. It doesn't make any sense at all if you read the gun magazines. Same way with the 7x57 cartridge.
It just works better than it should.
Bottom line is the more I see, the less I think I truly "know". You just have to figure out what seems to work best for you.
Over the years, I have heard various cartridges described as "killers". Mostly old timers who don't have the insight that us scientific types might have.
They talk about certain calibers like the .300 Savage, 7 x 57, and of course the 30-30. There is something magic about those they claim. They don't think about things like BC or FPS or TSX or expansion or retention or any of the other myriad variables that us smart guys know are important.
It sounds preposterous in this day and age that these things are not considered by all those old time myths.
But... I am beginning to see a lot of wisdom to those "myths". Some of those old time "killer" rounds are more effective than anything else. Course the old time guys carrying those rifles might have something to do with where the bullets are pointing too. It is kind of humbling and perplexing though when you see over and over and over a 300 Savage round being more effective on elk or deer than a .308 or 300 mag or even a 30-06. It doesn't make any sense at all if you read the gun magazines. Same way with the 7x57 cartridge.
It just works better than it should.
Bottom line is the more I see, the less I think I truly "know". You just have to figure out what seems to work best for you.