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Short Magnums ( except the .300)
SAUMs
" Compact" magnums�. RUM...Too
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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A "fad" that has come but has not gone yet. Is the Berger hunting bullet fad. It is yet to be seen as to if it fades down to a dull roar (or whisper) or not. My prediction is that in a few years the popularity will fade.
No need to tell me how wrong I am time will tell the story. And I have been wrong before.
8mmwapiti Yeah, but most fads are harmless...like superlights in belted magnums w/short tubes...just hurt egos. Frangible hunting boolits are stupid AND harmful, IMO. WSSMs in all the wrong calibers.
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Campfire Regular
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Blue tape to cover the muzzle...
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Campfire Regular
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Enough already, just shoot it!
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Campfire Regular
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To be a fad requires something actually be popular for awhile. That eliminates Rem's Etonix and 5mm RF. And Winchester's .307, .225, .284 and "Big Bore".375. And Marlin's .444.
Fads include Rems dog-leg bolt handles on short 600 rifles and .17 calibers. And "stainless" scopes. And the rash of camo finished hunting scopes. And thumb-hole rifle stocks and the grotesq exagerations of Weatherby's very functional rifle stocks; Winslow's rifles come to mind.
Something that once blossomed and faded but still won't quite go away (but should) are those god-awful "see through" scope mounts.
Some of the things that died out but shouldn't have were the excellant William's and Lyman receiver mounted hunting type peep sights and flat top post front sights.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Nosler etip, partition gold, remington extended range ammo,
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Hopefully the new ugly assed Rugers will be a non-fad and a flop. So far, sales are pointing that way.
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Campfire Ranger
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I agree that thing is horrible looking
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Campfire Ranger
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The Butt Out tool and camo undapants.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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Campfire Tracker
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The .30-06? Maybe not. Maybe the .223 AI and McSwirleys? 
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter 
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Campfire Ranger
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Cryo'ed barrels. (Blatantly plagiarized from the latest Handloader)
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Campfire Ranger
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I've never understood why trounds didn't change the world as we know it... too hard to reload!
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Campfire Tracker
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When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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Regards,
Tom
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Campfire Ranger
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Well, I guess I am dating myself a bit here, but I have shot a few Jackrabbits and ground squirrels with Rem Accelerators, Owned two versions of the Foul Out gizmo, Tried the Simms barrel thingy, shot hundreds of Barnes Blue bullets, Still Moly all of my bullets that are destined to achieve 3500fps or more, and my few remaining hunting rifles look like Walnut and shiny blue Bean Field rifles except for my 416 Rigby which looks like something John Rigby himself would have put together in his shop 90 or so years ago.
I hope ALL the WSM's annd SAUM's go away as fads.
Looks like John Lazzeroni's Rifles have lost thier luster. For a while, every gun rag had one on the cover or in a special article. Too bad on those, I liked the calibers though not so much the rifles.
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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Campfire Tracker
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When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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Campfire Member
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Fads hhhmm lets see... 30-378, 300rum, 7stw, 376 steyr, 458 lott, 416ruger
Rifles hawkeye alaskan (ugly ass rifle) I remember the 30-378...I wanted one so bad, glad I couldn't afford it. This is my favorite thread in a while... I guess I should contribute...German style post reticles maybe?
J.A.F.O.
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Campfire Ranger
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Fads hhhmm lets see... 30-378, 300rum, 7stw, 376 steyr, 458 lott, 416ruger
Rifles hawkeye alaskan (ugly ass rifle) I remember the 30-378...I wanted one so bad, glad I couldn't afford it. This is my favorite thread in a while... I guess I should contribute...German style post reticles maybe? OK, now I really KNOW I am a relic! I have that reticle in my Burris Posi Lock Scope atop my 416 Rigby. The Posi Lock Scopes have fallen from favor of late, and yet I remember one gunwriter touting that feature as "the next great advancement in hunting rifle scopes since lens coatings" I still love 'em (Except when I have to sight them in) and have them on all three of my remaining hunting rifles.
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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Campfire Kahuna
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What y'all talking about. The 300 RUM still Rules!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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