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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 311765" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,</p><p></p><p>Reams have been written about 270 vs. 30-06, then the LRF becomes ubiquitous, optics manufacturers start installing "holdover" reticles and 50yrs worth of Gunwriting, bar-room/coffee-shop arguments become moot because every bottleneck "deer" cartridge has a similar enough trajectory so as to be able to all use the same holdover scope.</p><p></p><p>Now we're comparing/contrasting minuscule differences at ranges so far that damned few could actually quantify the difference on paper to the difference on a target off of a bench. A whole bunch fewer could discern the difference shooting from field positions.</p><p></p><p>There's not a single new "hunting" cartridge "developed" within the last 20yrs that's capable of doing something that wasn't already being done either by some other factory offering. There is no new Cartridge/Caliber, rifle, or optic that's going to suddenly make you a competent 500yd+ shooter. Lots of time and ammo expended shooting @ 500+yds makes you a competent 500+yd shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 311765, member: 412"] Data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data,data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, Reams have been written about 270 vs. 30-06, then the LRF becomes ubiquitous, optics manufacturers start installing "holdover" reticles and 50yrs worth of Gunwriting, bar-room/coffee-shop arguments become moot because every bottleneck "deer" cartridge has a similar enough trajectory so as to be able to all use the same holdover scope. Now we're comparing/contrasting minuscule differences at ranges so far that damned few could actually quantify the difference on paper to the difference on a target off of a bench. A whole bunch fewer could discern the difference shooting from field positions. There's not a single new "hunting" cartridge "developed" within the last 20yrs that's capable of doing something that wasn't already being done either by some other factory offering. There is no new Cartridge/Caliber, rifle, or optic that's going to suddenly make you a competent 500yd+ shooter. Lots of time and ammo expended shooting @ 500+yds makes you a competent 500+yd shooter. [/QUOTE]
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