"magnumitis"

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Dogleg said:
"Mine's smaller" is just another way of saying "Mines bigger". The implication is that since mine's smaller I must be better. There many examples of this in shooting.

Mine's smaller = I'm better

I dont need that fancy stuff = I don't have that fancy stuff.

Nobody can handle that recoil = I can't handle that recoil.

Nobody can shoot that far = I can't shoot that far.

Nobody needs to shoot that far = around here short shots are the norm.

He thinks everyone should use whatever he uses = I'm offended that he doesn't care what I use.


All you need is a blank = All I got is a blank.

There's no difference = I can't tell the difference (occasionally means "I'll be damned, there isn't much difference under conditions that everything works."

It's so much easier with the translations; I'm surprised that there isn't an iPhone app for it.


As an added bonus here's a couple to translate women-speak.

She says "Fine" it doesn't = "Fine" There's not an exact translation in male English but the closest is "Eat feces and die".

"Do whatever you want" doesn't mean "Do whatever you want". It means "Fine".
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Lot of wisdom in 1 post.
 
There is probably more lazy hunting done with .30-30s and .303s than .300

Glad someone called it. Nomex on. This ^ is true. Travel on bc/ab oilfield rds and see it first hand.
 
Ardent said:
I’m stunned by the revelations on female translation in particular, have accepted “Fine” at face value for years. Now understand I’ve been standing on the edge of a cliff and didn’t know it.
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There’s been a lot of talk about recoil in this thread and i’m no caliber expert, but I’ve shot a .338 Winchester Magnum with a muzzle brake and the felt recoil was less than a 30-06 or at least it seemed.
 
Mik123 said:
Because you had a muzzle break on it...the 338 wm will produce more recoil than an identical 30-06
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Yes, of course, what I mean is .... perhaps felt recoil isn’t the most important thing to consider since recoil can be mitigated with a brake. Then trajectory and ballistics may be more important factors.

I understand the brake can effect accuracy too.
 
City Boy said:
There’s been a lot of talk about recoil in this thread and i’m no caliber expert, but I’ve shot a .338 Winchester Magnum with a muzzle brake and the felt recoil was less than a 30-06 or at least it seemed.
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Made a joke on another thread about .338 for everything, but like you, I find the recoil from it (in a BBR), less than my 7rem mag (in an A-bolt with the BOSS). BBR is a lot heavier, which makes the difference. I'm seriously thinking of the 338 as my deer gun, with maybe a little downloading.
 
.325WSM said:
Have you seen our island deer....?
They are about 2 1/2 times as long as a 338 casing


Nothing wrong with it, and I will probably use it for that purpose this week :)
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Can't be any worse than the whitetail we were shooting in North Carolina last year. I could pick one up with one hand by one leg. First one I shot I thought it was rabbit when I got to it. Hooves like a sitatunga.
 
Dogleg said:
Can't be any worse than the whitetail we were shooting in North Carolina last year. I could pick one up with one hand by one leg. First one I shot I thought it was rabbit when I got to it. Hooves like a sitatunga.
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Sitka Blacktail- the dog is just over 70 pounds. People talking about game being blown to shreds or turned into ground round if shot with a magnum are clueless.

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