If you get tired of this, troll over to the pistol forum and let them know that 45 acp is best and 9mm is for girls.
Even my wife prefers shooting 45 ACP. Ooops! Sorry, that just slipped out.
Look, I'd be the first to tell you my dislike of 270 WIN is purely irrational. I dislike it so much, I bought a bunch of 270 WIN brass A) because it was cheap B) because I knew I would never own a 270 WIN rifle. I am resizing them to 25-06. It gives a distinct pleasure knocking the queer out of them. I don't buy into the idea that shooting a 270 WIN makes you queer. However, I am not an expert. I'm still only asking questions. Just to be certain, I keep an enbloc of M2 Ball in my pocket while I'm handling the 270 brass.
My feeling is that we all have our own likes and dislikes, and it is better to own up to them. As a shaman, I would say most of our decisions regarding rifles and such are driven from motivations that are beyond The Veil.
Back to the original subject: I'm perfectly satisfied now how I got to my 165-over-'4895 load. It seemed odd to me last week that I would start off that way. For a good long time, I was not comfortable with any form of experimentation. I'm still really conservative when it comes to loading. However, I can see how I came to use it.
1) 165 grain was considered a good general purpose choice.
2) I picked Hornady, because I remembered that red boxes had been what I'd used when I loaded with a buddy briefly in the early 80's.
3) I picked IMR 4895 at first, because I wanted to load for the Garand. I just found an enbloc of 165's in the back of the cupboard the other day.
4) I switched to H4895, because it was easier to get locally in those days
5) In the back of my head I was thinking of one 30-06 for every '06 rifle I owned, figuring that it was only a matter of time before I started running everything on a Dillon press. It's 15 years now. I still haven't bought the Dillon.
Thanks all for helping me get my head back on straight.
