Huey
Probably nostalgia more than anything..
Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 08:17

But, pretty much like guns that go bang.

Was looking at ballistics and thinking about the old cartridges. My 10mm Trail Gun easily matches warm loads from 38-40s from 100 years back. Even the old big bores didn't produce flashy ballistics, but all game was taken with them.

Recently reading one of my old gun books and a story about hunting with the 30-30. The writer stated he only used his "Big 30" for elk and moose. Later in the story he revealed his "Big 30" was a Savage 99 in 300 Savage.

I wonder what game has done to get tougher throughout the years. Modern powders provide better ballistics in almost all rounds. Bullets are definitely better today than in the past. So what was heroism in the past is careless today.

It seems a combination of gun writers paid to sell new products and hunters depending on magazine capacity instead of shot placement.

Just my opinion of course.