In the context of the kind of difference we're talking about here, I've never bought into the trajectory argument. The issue with extended range on GAME is the reduced energy and penetrating ability, which a lighter bullet only aggravates, in exchange for a few inches of drop - a few inches that won't turn a poor shooter into a good one. Besides, if you're shooting at an elk at 300 yards, the great thing about the double is that the correct hold has already been calculated for you - you just fold up the 300 yard leaf.

Unless, of course, you've bought one of those cheap rifles that doesn't have one of those, or has one that the maker couldn't be bothered to file in correctly. Hell's bells, the Brits did it all the time, and we're better shots than they are, right?

In the context of double rifles, any of the flanged nitros are flat shooting, and the 9.3X74R is flatter still. I watched Tony shoot a coyote at 271 yards with his 9.3. He said he held over his back by the thickness of the horizontal wire, and hit him with both barrels. That's plenty far enough and flat enough for double rifle shooting.

The reason I can't get excited about a medium bore DR wildcat is simple - there is no need to fix what isn't broken. We're talking about doubles, not bolts, and there are so many great DR mediums. The flanged 9.3s (the British .400/.360 Purdey and the German 9.3X74R) generate enough velocity with long, heavy for caliber bullets to consistently provide performance on game that is out of proportion to paper ballistics. As well regarded as the 9.3X74R is, it is still underrated.
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