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Postman
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Re: Do you really need a magnum???
12/09/16 10:40 AM

As much as I like my doubles in classic double cartridges, I also like the challenge of long distance target shooting. I won't do it on animals, but for me, paper and in particular reactive targets like steel gongs are a lot of fun when the distances are long..... For example, the TRG in .308 is a lovely long distance toy for the range and even more so in .338 Lapua when one really wants to go far.

For hunting, I do have a .257 Weatherby that I load with 115 grain TSX bullets. They're hard and don't self destruct at close ranges in a cartridge that reaches out easily to 400 yards with very flat hold on hair trajectory. I once was presented with a 30 yard broadside caribou shot with the .257 in hand. I was expecting to see them cross the distant ice between the eskers at a good 350 yards, but lo and behold, Mr Bou showed up right on top of me. The shot literally spray painted the evergreen bush behind it a lovely red colour and I had my Bou. The damage and tissue destruction was unbelievable but I did have the hind quarters and most of the back straps to salvage. It was a pity that I held on the shoulder instead of just behind them...... The bullet was a pass through and was not recovered.

I really like that .257. It does catch me by surprise every time I shoot it with the muzzle blast of the high intensity overbore cartridge. A .25-06 is a lovely cartridge and would undoubtedly be almost as effective but would not shoot as far nor as flat.

All this to say that I don't mind magnums but I'm not totally fixated on them as the be all and end all. Maybe if I was fixated on them, I'd have been kinder to my dearly departed .378 Weatherby and would be shooting it as a primary rifle. They have their place. So does a boat anchor heavy slow .45-70...... One doesn't use a sledge to drive tacks, nor does one use a tack hammer to drive railroad spikes...... There's a place for everything but some tools are more optimal for a given situation.

Edited by Postman (12/09/16 10:55 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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