Do you really need a magnum

The very 1st. thing to concider is ; Can you regularly practice with the recoil of a Magnum Calibre ?
If not , then you will never shoot well with it , whether you need it or not.
So pick no cal. that you can't practice with.
 
This question can be directed towards many material items. I shoot both, standard and magnum, however my preference is the magnum, especially my 270 Winchester magnum.;););) Fast and flat trajectory bullets is a plus for open country hunting, especially for me, when chasing mature bucks and bulls.
 
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cooey43 said:
The very 1st. thing to concider is ; Can you regularly practice with the recoil of a Magnum Calibre ?
If not , then you will never shoot well with it , whether you need it or not.
So pick no cal. that you can't practice with.
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Apparently recoil/flinch can be corrected with magnum cartridges..................muzzle brakes!;)
 
I like and have magnums, I also like and have 6.5x55, 7 08, 270, 9.3x62, 450BM, 358 win. For me if I need a muzzle brake on it it is too big.
 
No, But I love pissing off old fudds when I tell them I use a .300winmag for deer and bear.

Id love to have a .50cal Barnett. Id bring it out deer hunting for a deer drive, Just to make everyone shake their heads and laugh lol
 
Magnum is just a name. I have a 7mm Remington Magnum in a T3X, and a .280 AI in an X-bolt. Almost no difference there. Except the T3X weighs like 8 pounds scoped and ready to roll, whereas the X-bolt is a Long Range Max model, 26" barrel with Recoil Hawg on top of that, Vortex Strike Eagle 4-24x scope, steel rail and rings, it's a 12+ pound beast. Performance-wise, they're probably a wash. One is an absolute pleasure to shoot off a bench, the other a joy to carry in the field.

My .257 Weatherby Magnum is a great deer rifle, I love having it in the stand with me for taking looong shots. I prefer my .270 BAR in a blind. I have a non-magnum .30-06 that can push 180's well over 2800 (2838 average with StaBALL) - it's not a magnum by name but the energy dump is significant, especially with slender Accubonds loaded long (approx. 3200 ft.lbs.). I also have .35 Whelen loads pushing 250's to almost 2650 - that's 4000 ft.lbs. and .338 Win Mag performance.

"New" magnums like the .375 Ruger, 6.5 and .300 PRC, the Nosler family, etc don't have "magnum" anywhere in their name but they are all magnum-level performers, so what does it really mean? Nothing, just sounds cool. Pick the right tool for the job, and it might be a magnum. Or, it might not.

My sister-in-law named her firstborn Remi, so I nicknamed him Remington Magnum. When he's grown up, I might call him Remington Ultra Magnum (that just crossed my mind as I was typing this).
 
I don't think most guys can handle the recoil of magnum cartridges.

Better they pic a caliber they can shoot well & put on target, rather than breaking out the lead sled to sight in at the range & then flinching every time they touch the trigger out hunting.

And yes, there is a place for magnums.
 
Isobar1999 said:
A follow on from a conversation I had with a friend recently , he’s firmly in the magnum camp and I’m happily in the standard cartridge camp….
Do you really need a magnum or is a standard length cartridge enough for an all-round Canadian hunting rifle?
Its really an open ended question left intentionally ambiguous. Please feel free to discuss your opinions , experiences and observations for or against.
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Depends on the type of game and range as to what kind of power is needed.

A medium caliber may be at its absolute limit in a given situation, at that point I would rather use something that is more in the middle of its capability to satisfy my own ethics
 
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