BrotherRockeye
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that was kinda what I was thinkin...and really the only reason I came in here was to say it!
Worst Deer Calibers
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that was kinda what I was thinkin...and really the only reason I came in here was to say it!
NolanOsborn
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- British Columbia
I think it's a humour article, or that Petersens never actually printed it, and the thread is a joke.
Just to have fun, I will play with why these suck as deer cartridges. They are CARTRIDGES, and not CALIBERS, but gun magazines don't seem to know the difference.
- 7mm Rem Mag
Too much horsepower- Use a .270
- Any .22 centrefire
Too small
- .44 Mag ( in rifle )
If it's a rifle, then may as well shoot a 30-30
- .375 Win/ .444 Marlin
Similar rifles to 30-30's and dont' need any more than that
- .280 Rem
You can buy /270 ammo at gas stations when you forget yoru ammmo
- .300 RUM
If you need the long range capabilities of a 300 magnum, you may as well get a 300WSM
- .243 Win
hck, even I hate the .243 excepta s a yote gun
- .300 Savage
Use a 308
- .30-06 Ackley Improved
Use a 300WM
- .32 Win special
No need for this when we have the 30-30
- .8mm Mauser
A 7x57 is bettter
- .303 Brit
Usually chambered in sloppy action SMLE's, with questionable accuracy. The only appropriate rifle for the .303 is the Ruger #1
Just figured I would post it for some good old fashion debating/pot stirring.[/QUOTE]
- 7mm Rem Mag
Too much horsepower- Use a .270
- Any .22 centrefire
Too small
- .44 Mag ( in rifle )
If it's a rifle, then may as well shoot a 30-30
- .375 Win/ .444 Marlin
Similar rifles to 30-30's and dont' need any more than that
- .280 Rem
You can buy /270 ammo at gas stations when you forget yoru ammmo
- .300 RUM
If you need the long range capabilities of a 300 magnum, you may as well get a 300WSM
- .243 Win
hck, even I hate the .243 excepta s a yote gun
- .300 Savage
Use a 308
- .30-06 Ackley Improved
Use a 300WM
- .32 Win special
No need for this when we have the 30-30
- .8mm Mauser
A 7x57 is bettter
- .303 Brit
Usually chambered in sloppy action SMLE's, with questionable accuracy. The only appropriate rifle for the .303 is the Ruger #1
Just figured I would post it for some good old fashion debating/pot stirring.[/QUOTE]
The 7mm Remington? Because the 7X61 Sharpe and Hart is wayyy gooder?
The .44 Mag but not the 44-40 or 38-40?
The 280 Remington but not the 270 or 30-06?
The 300 RUM but none of the bajillion other 300 Mags that gunwriters have been salivating over these last few years?
The 243 but not the near obselete 240 Weatherby or 6mm Remington?
The 300 Savage but not the .308?
Guess he's never shot 99F Savages in .300 Savage and .308 Win. at the same sitting.
The 30-06 Ackley? About as common as 7X61 Sharpe and Hart.
The 32 Special hasnt had legs since prohibition so why not pick on it?
Should have taken a kick at the 32-40 and 38-55 as well but most of his readers wouldnt know what he was talking about.
The 8X57 lost 2 world wars so its just gotta be ineffective on deer.
But.....Drumroll........any ragwriter who slams the .303 in print should be slapped in the nuts with his laptop and sent to write for Ladies Home Journal.
(if they'd take him.)
NolanOsborn
Regular
- Location
- British Columbia
[/QUOTE]Just to have fun, I will play with why these suck as deer cartridges. They are CARTRIDGES, and not CALIBERS, but gun magazines don't seem to know the difference.
- 7mm Rem Mag
Too much horsepower- Use a .270
- Any .22 centrefire
Too small
- .44 Mag ( in rifle )
If it's a rifle, then may as well shoot a 30-30
- .375 Win/ .444 Marlin
Similar rifles to 30-30's and dont' need any more than that
- .280 Rem
You can buy /270 ammo at gas stations when you forget yoru ammmo
- .300 RUM
If you need the long range capabilities of a 300 magnum, you may as well get a 300WSM
- .243 Win
hck, even I hate the .243 excepta s a yote gun
- .300 Savage
Use a 308
- .30-06 Ackley Improved
Use a 300WM
- .32 Win special
No need for this when we have the 30-30
- .8mm Mauser
A 7x57 is bettter
- .303 Brit
Usually chambered in sloppy action SMLE's, with questionable accuracy. The only appropriate rifle for the .303 is the Ruger #1
Just figured I would post it for some good old fashion debating/pot stirring.
Damn near what they wrote.
Damn near what they wrote.[/QUOTE]
Not surprising. I've read lots of hack gun writers over the years.
The only Petersens gun magazine worth anything these days is Rifle Shooter, and even then it's hit and miss.
I've got some old copies of G&A, back when Seyfried and a few other quality writers wrote for them. Damn good magazine back then. it's liek People Magazine nowdays...
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The article should have been subtitled: "What we found in the hands of idiots down here"
And another 100 different chamberings could have been added to this strange list.
Yellow journalism via Peterson.
Instead of these these rags filling pages with completely useless articles & azz kissing manufactures who loan them product to 'test'; fill those otherwise empty pages with wild game receipes or 'The good whisky for deer camp'....
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