Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

695.0. "no more new!" by NRADM::GERMANO () Tue Jul 17 1990 14:14

    I was writing in the Hunting notes file, but I guess I'm guilty of
    fishing. Hohwy, you came the closes to my own thoughts. That is, let
    the purest of the pure create. Wildcating is the answer. Let the
    shooter decide. Elmer Keith filled a niche with his .333 OKH. The .35
    Whelen is another and so on. Why not the .308, .348 or the .358 in the
    tried and true Savage 99 or Browning BLR? Dealers would have trouble
    stocking their shelves with Remington Mod. 700 Classic's in the .416
    Rigby. For some of you technicians out there, why did the .264 and .284
    die. When you look at the .264->7X57->.270->.280->.284 where's the
    need? What about that stinger the 7-30 Waters? A 30/30 necked down to
    .284 with a flat nosed 139 for lever guns. Nice idea for these woods
    which by the way my brother can drive tacks with it in a 26 inch
    barrel. But, Winchester has since discontinued it. I just don't see
    where the market is for such hair splitting variations! Give me a
    cartridge with a past any day. My favorite was the .308. I owed
    several. But the little 7X57 won me heart. Back in the early 60's my
    brother and I would fight over the most recent issue of OUTDOOR LIFE.
    We'd read the print off. No one in our family hunted so I guess we
    naturally took to it. Since then I've always wanted a .375 H&H. i
    finally got one last year. A Whitworth. It was well worth the wait!
    
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