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Postman
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Re: Do you really need a magnum???
11/09/16 09:20 AM

Does one need to shoot into a land far far away? Not if one can help it. However sometimes there is no other way. I applaud the reach out and touch 'em cartridges and the rifles that are made well enough to do them justice. I also have great admiration for the rifleman that can make the most of both. But, and it's a big but: can one get closer? Top notch Bush craft and hunting skill suggests one can get up close, save for those situations where some rare and funky billy goat is waaaaay out there across a canyon that must be spanned by a miracle shot. This is where flat shooting magnums play and are highly appropriate.

For most situations, I would gravitate to a compromise that will not turn a scrawny little antelope into bloodshot mush up close, but will "reasonably" reach out there to maybe 300 yards. I won't shoot further. Or rather, I have not shot further. But I have not hunted mountain ranges where I've had no other choice either.

On the flip side, magnums can be tamed by downloading, but non magnums can't be safely hot rodded if one ascribes to the notion that one shouldn't try to make a cartridge into something that it isn't.

Edited by Postman (11/09/16 09:29 AM)

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Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	10/09/16 08:19 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Rule303	14/09/16 08:08 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	gryphon	14/09/16 10:33 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Huvius	14/09/16 01:12 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	szihn	15/09/16 01:32 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	fuhrmann	11/09/16 06:14 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	NitroX	11/09/16 06:53 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	NitroX	11/09/16 06:59 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	11/09/16 09:20 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	500Boswell	11/09/16 09:26 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Well_Well_Well	11/09/16 09:35 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	11/09/16 09:56 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	gryphon	11/09/16 02:57 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	12/09/16 03:05 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	gryphon	12/09/16 10:16 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	12/09/16 01:29 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	gryphon	12/09/16 02:47 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	12/09/16 10:40 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	12/09/16 11:22 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	13/09/16 02:02 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	SharpsNitro	13/09/16 11:50 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	13/09/16 02:10 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	13/09/16 11:38 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	14/09/16 01:07 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	14/09/16 02:49 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	xausa	13/09/16 09:32 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Wanabebwana	15/09/16 12:17 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Rule303	15/09/16 07:53 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	16/09/16 02:41 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Wanabebwana	19/09/16 08:48 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	lonewulf	19/09/16 11:27 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	22/09/16 01:41 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Rule303	22/09/16 11:02 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	23/09/16 02:21 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	23/09/16 03:27 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	23/09/16 11:15 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	24/09/16 03:12 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	lonewulf	23/09/16 08:30 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	sharps4590	22/09/16 09:21 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	21/09/16 06:16 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	22/09/16 01:22 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	13/09/16 10:14 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	lonewulf	13/09/16 10:04 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Rockdoc	12/09/16 12:22 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	12/09/16 08:34 PM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Ripp	12/09/16 02:12 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	DarylS	10/09/16 10:01 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Rell	11/09/16 03:58 AM
Re: Do you really need a magnum???	Postman	10/09/16 08:41 AM

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