When those young brainwashed guys with muzzlebraked short magnums and ultramagnums quit threatening my hearing and can actually print a group at range that beats my modern fast twist 7x57mm Mauser, I will concede the new short magnums and ultramagnums are something more that a gun rag solution waiting for a real world problem to solve. Speed (from a slow twist rifle) soon fades, but BC (and accuracy) are forever.
When those young guys see the results the "puny" 7x57mm creates, they ask what kind of rifle it is. I reply, "It's a caliber of rifle that had killed more elephants in Africa by the end of the 1920's than your ultramagnum ever will no matter how long it stays around....which might not be all that long after the gun rag writers start pushing the next new thing on you".
Admittedly, the rounds I shoot are not commercially available as I shoot exclusively handloads on game, and they would probably blow up an old Mauser 98 or Mauser 95 in short order. It just shows you what is available in the "old" cartridges with modern powder and bullets. If you want something more powerful, the 7x57mm AI is available, and is a more reasonable upgrade that unfortunately for commercial gun rags does not sell new advertising.
When those young brainwashed guys with muzzlebraked short magnums and ultramagnums quit threatening my hearing and can actually print a group at range that beats my modern fast twist 7x57mm Mauser, I will concede the new short magnums and ultramagnums are something more that a gun rag solution waiting for a real world problem to solve. Speed (from a slow twist rifle) soon fades, but BC (and accuracy) are forever.
When those young guys see the results the "puny" 7x57mm creates, they ask what kind of rifle it is. I reply, "It's a caliber of rifle that had killed more elephants in Africa by the end of the 1920's than your ultramagnum ever will no matter how long it stays around....which might not be all that long after the gun rag writers start pushing the next new thing on you".
Admittedly, the rounds I shoot are not commercially available as I shoot exclusively handloads on game, and they would probably blow up an old Mauser 98 or Mauser 95 in short order. It just shows you what is available in the "old" cartridges with modern powder and bullets. If you want something more powerful, the 7x57mm AI is available, and is a more reasonable upgrade that unfortunately for commercial gun rags does not sell new advertising.
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Hi all
I'm Marina, 26 years old
I am looking for good man. If he exists...
I'm loving sport and... Hope you understand
It is an interesting forum for me, so I think we have the same hobbies
So lets chat.
My e-mail is [email protected], Skype Sandramuh
Please, send me your fotos!
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By the way, all my photos here:
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P.S. And about that topic "Chatting and General Stuff" have some questions...
I own a 300WM, a 270,and 270 WSM.I bought the 300 in 1963 when I was still in the Marines.It has been my go to rifle since it's purchase.When I shoot it I have to prepare myself for the recoil.I shoot it with 180gr Partitions.It rocks pretty good.Recoil has never bothered me too much until recently.Shot it a couple years ago and didn't mount it correctly and man did it do the job on my upper arm, black and blue almost to my elbow.When I bought it there was no recoil pad on it.Bought a new Boyd's walnut stock and Decelerator pad and now it is a dream to shoot.
My 270WSM is a Rem model 7 with a laminated stock,goes about 7.25 lbs with a Leupold 4-12 on it.Seems like it doesn't recoil at all, about like one of my 257 Roberts.
My 270 is a Remington 721 with a Bausch& Lomb 2.5-8 power.Weighs right at 7.5lbs.Recoil about the same as 270WSM.
They all shoot sub moa at150 yds.ME LIKE IT
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