Not a startling statement--which is why these discussions of very similar cartridges go on longer than any others: Hunters like to nitpick, because some believe there IS an actually difference in how a few hundredths of an inch in bullet diameter, or a few grains in weight, kill big game animals. But many want to justify their choice, when they have used relatively few cartridges on relatively few big game animals.

As a magazine editor, now retired, once said: "Somebody who's only hunted with the .308 Winchester can't write a good article about the .308 Winchester, because they have no perspective."

The same could be said about a lot of scopes, bullets, etc.


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