Did your cartridge make the list.
06-09-2005, 06:44 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Did your cartridge make the list.
OK, heres one guys top 12 calibers of the 20'th century. With the number one caliber being ?
See if you can guess before reading the article. And be honest if you guess it.
It will make some of you guys very happy.
http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/l/aasttopriflecar.htm
See if you can guess before reading the article. And be honest if you guess it.
It will make some of you guys very happy.
http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/l/aasttopriflecar.htm
06-09-2005, 07:27 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Did your cartridge make the list.
ORIGINAL: jcchartboy
Zrex,
What about this comment..?
"6mm Remington (actually better than the .243),"
Zrex,
What about this comment..?
"6mm Remington (actually better than the .243),"
It has about a 150 fps more. but the .243 has the shorter case. it's a toss up, balistic wise, it is slightly better, but then theres the ammo availability issue. The .243 is the most inherent accurate rifles of all.
I was wondering why he says the .257 bob is better than both.
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06-09-2005, 08:53 PM
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RE: Did your cartridge make the list.
The 30-30 probably would have made it but it was in the century before. 1895. It would have made the list because in its time it was quite a development and the first cartridge to be loaded with just smokless powder. This gives it a solid place in history. Just came to early for this line up. I have owned all but two. Never had the 458 WM or the 375 H&H although I have used the latter. My Uncle had one which I used when I hunted with him in Africa. I stand corrected, the 30-30 was the first sporting cartridge to go all smokless. The 30-40 krag in 1892 was the first Military smokless powder load for the U.S.
06-09-2005, 09:03 PM
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RE: Did your cartridge make the list.
Yep, I knew that the cartridge of the century would have to be the 30-06!
While it is not my favorite, I've got to admit the '06 is tough to beat!
Two of my favorites made the list, the .308 and the 7MM RM. In a round-about way my 6MM Rem. made it into the list as a .243
While it is not my favorite, I've got to admit the '06 is tough to beat!
Two of my favorites made the list, the .308 and the 7MM RM. In a round-about way my 6MM Rem. made it into the list as a .243
06-09-2005, 09:37 PM
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RE: Did your cartridge make the list.
I guess I don't agree with this list in its entirety. My big gripe is that he included the .220 Swift but omitted the .22-250. Sure, the .220 Swift is a smoking cartridge, but if velocity was the only thing that mattered, half the cartridges on that list wouldn't make the grade. There is a reason that there is a .22-250 in almost every serious rifleman's gunsafe, and it's because the .22-250 comes pretty darm close to the performance of the Swift, but does it with less powder, greater barrel life in a true, rimless, short action cartridge. The advantages of the .22-250 greatly outweigh the extra 200 fps you can squeeze out of the Swift.
This is another fine example of a good article twisted by writer bias. I think the sales numbers speak louder than on authors opinion in this case. The .22-250 falls easily in the top ten most popular cartridges in the world for both rifle and ammo sales.
Mike
This is another fine example of a good article twisted by writer bias. I think the sales numbers speak louder than on authors opinion in this case. The .22-250 falls easily in the top ten most popular cartridges in the world for both rifle and ammo sales.
Mike