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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??? NitroXAdministrator   11/09/16 06:53 AM
. * * Re: Do you really need a magnum??? NitroXAdministrator   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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