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http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2015/3/23/top-five-overrated-rifle-cartridges/

I have my thoughts on this article, not entirely in agreement with the entire thing...what say you?

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Just seen this myself and agree almost 100%


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Agree with him on the 300 Weatherby, not the 223

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243 Winchester
25-06
7mm rem mag
300 win mag
17 HMR...

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Can't agree with the analyses of the .223. The others I don't really care about one way or another.

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I was born before the .223, which influences my statement it's a cartridge that didn't have to be, kind of like the .40s&w


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Nobody has ever asked to shoot my 458WM a second time.
Can't imagine them wanting a 458 Lot more???


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He's wrong on the .223, although the .222 is pretty close in its own right.

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I'll have to disagree with them listing the .223

And I thought that the .270 Winchester was the most over-rated cartridge, EVER wink

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For me, I'd say the top five most overrated cartridges should have "AI" after their name.


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I guess folks gotta get paid for writing something...

I didn't read much past a few words though, what I read was a bunch of personal opinion BS. IMHO.

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Originally Posted by RaySendero
Nobody has ever asked to shoot my 458WM a second time.
Can't imagine them wanting a 458 Lot more???


Never thought the 458 win mags had that much recoil. 378 wtby yes. 460 wtby well yes, but not as bad to us as the 378 wtby.

But 458 win mag bad? No way. Stout yes, but bad not.


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Well I agree with most anything that is short, fat and a Magnum.. The 223 is to me not as good as everyone makes it out to be. I agree that if the military did not adopt it would not be what it is today. It does what it needs to do, but so do many other 22 center fire rounds.

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Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
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That's a much closer list....

Just swap out the 300 Win Mag for the 7x57mm

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The 300 Weatherby is no joke
The .270 WSM is
The Swift is a waste without a quick twist barrel
The .458 is a lot of rifle for a little recoil
The 223 is superb, not saying anyone's similar pet isn't.

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Any cartridge that fills a need, no matter how small the niche, and has a following, is worthwhile. "Overrated" is subjective and a matter of opinion. However, if I were going to put such a list together, the .300 B.O. would certainly win top honors on my list.....

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I have to wonder if the author has ever used any of those overrated cartridges?


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Wrong on all 5 cartridges. The man wrote the article so people would click on it nothing more nothing less.

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Overrated by who is the question. Do any of them not do what they are supposed to do?


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I like that we have choices, and of course endless debate... Kinda like a Campfire get together during the hunt.

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I would like to have a 223 or 222 "walking rifle" in an accurate bolt gun. No interest in a 22-250. Not sure what I would do with one but seems like would be fun to have.

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Originally Posted by Brad
For me, I'd say the top five most overrated cartridges should have "AI" after their name.


I'd agree if you were talking only about larger caliber rounds like, say a 338-06 Improved and even the 30/06 Improved as you're not making a significant enough change to the powder capacity. On the other hand, the 243, 257 Roberts, 280 Remington and a few others do pick up some more FPS, not to mention greatly improved case life. If you don't reload, however, save your $$$$. The largest "Improvement" is case life.

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That read like an "oh crap I've an hour before my deadline" article. I suppose I'll give the guy another chance to prove himself, but he shouldn't be proud signing his name to this piece.


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It should of read 270x5.😀

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What's with all the folks from Texas hatin' on the .270? Y'all born here? I'm native born. I would never be without a .270. I think I'd sooner give up Mexican food, and hell, that's its own food group.

Lotta misdirected anger issues, if you ask me. Just sayin'. whistle


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1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


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Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
243 Winchester
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7mm rem mag
300 win mag
17 HMR...

whistle


That's a much closer list....

Just swap out the 300 Win Mag for the 7x57mm


The thought crossed my mind... grin


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I don't agree with the author one bit especially when it comes to the 223 and 270 wsm. The 223/5.56 is about the cheapest centerfire ammo that you can buy, the 270 wsm out performs the 270 and is more accurate, and yes I own rifles chambered in both calibers.

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The only rifle that "bit" me was 7mm Mag. a BSA CF2 was prone and crawled the stock. Still have the extra eyebrow. Not the rifle or cartridge, perhaps the nut behind.. One of life's lessons I guess. I did pass it on and never have had another 7mm Mag.

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Originally Posted by viking
It should of read 270x5.😀


The 30-06 wannabe... Yep. whistle whistle

I love my Mdl 70FW 270 WSM, however. laugh


(ducks and covers eek )

The 300 Wby was a hotrod in its day and is still a great round for most all practical purposes. The powder manufacturers have loved it for Many years. grin

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I have and love all those listed except the 270 wsm....
Really....the 300 wby 220 swift and 223 overrated...what an idiot..
22-250 and 300 win are better because they fall short? What an idiot
I never found 1 single fault with 223....... What an IDIOT!!!

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Lets say we drop him off on Admiralty Island. He gets to choose a 375 HH or a 458 Win Mag in a model 70 safari classic. I wonder what he would choose?

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The .375 is the one to have there. Gobs of power with recoil light enough for rapid fire. I can get two hits with a .375 or one with the .458 in the same amount of time, and I've never seen the .375 suffer for want for slap effect on a brown bear.

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The only thing funnier than the article are some of the posts on this thread. smile

The lists of overrated cartridges are as entertaining as the one in the article.

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Yes, I said it. Look, the .223 works, and works well for most of its intended purposes. But, I truly believe if the U.S. Government hadn’t smiled upon it, the cartridge would have a small fraction of the followers it does today.


Is the reason the military smiled on it the crux of his dislike?

I guess he should have just over-rated the 30-06 and 308 Win while he was at it.

Perhaps the 58 caliber percussion rifle as well...

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I knew when he listed the 300 Weatherby instead of the 30-378 Weatherby as his top overrated pick that the article was a joke.

My top 5 would be.

1.30-378 Weatherby

2.30-378 Weatherby

3.30-378 Weatherby

4.30-378 Weatherby

5. Anything with a Lazzeroni headstamp

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Personally, I am SHOCKED that any magazine would run a controversial article in an attempt to attract readers.

I am far less shocked that so many Campfire members have helped spread the word about this shocking article.


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I think you guys are overreacting.

It's safe to say that the older, carburated cartridges have fewer followers. The availability of tiny Holley or Carter carberators has decreased dramatically since the late 1980s. Nowadaze, the new cartridges all feature electronic performance monitoring internals, straight walled combustion chambers and are fuel injected. Bullets too.

I agree about the 223. The US govt poured so much money into powders, bullets and barrels to make that thing work. It succeeded because it was a military cartridge. That's okay. For me anyway, what I don't like is the necks on them. In order to cram more propellant into the darn case, they shortened it. And as we all know, anything with a short neck isn't too bright or trustworthy. Just look at the WWF.


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Geoff McDonald from Woodleigh advised me that .458 comparisons to the Nitro's are fiction.

He tested most of them when developing his Kynoch inspired big game bullets and never found any that met their factory spec's over the chronograph.

Who would you believe over actual experience?

Me too.


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Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


Pure blasphemy!!!!!!


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Originally Posted by BobinNH
The only thing funnier than the article are some of the posts on this thread. smile

The lists of overrated cartridges are as entertaining as the one in the article.


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7mm Remington magnum.

Great cartridge but everybody who I see use it believes they have some sort of Elephant rifle and they feel vastly superior to the .270/ .30-06 crowd.

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Originally Posted by barm
Originally Posted by BobinNH
The only thing funnier than the article are some of the posts on this thread. smile

The lists of overrated cartridges are as entertaining as the one in the article.


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Haha yeah....just got off the phone with Dober. He said every one is out jumping from cartridge to cartridge looking for the perfect one....like looking for the perfect woman.

I could not disagree. smile




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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a single cartridge will never be perfect


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Jeff exactly. wink




The 280 Remington is overbore.

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Originally Posted by Pahntr760
http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2015/3/23/top-five-overrated-rifle-cartridges/

I have my thoughts on this article, not entirely in agreement with the entire thing...what say you?


I think it is crap. Everything is overrated if you are shooting what competes against it. [bleep] that [bleep]. What difference does "rated" make and who does the rating? If it works, it works. Done. The only negative from not following the masses is there really aren't enough components around to keep everyone shooting all the choices happy at once so it might, to some degree, make the shortages more acute.

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Originally Posted by JGRaider
Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


Pure blasphemy!!!!!!


Sounds like pure truth to me.


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The 25 ACP is way over-rated for African hunting or hunting in the Rockies or Alaska for that matter.


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Originally Posted by rost495
I guess folks gotta get paid for writing something...

I didn't read much past a few words though, what I read was a bunch of personal opinion BS. IMHO.

LOL

That sums it up nicely.

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That is a good reason not to subscribe to the American Hunter.


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I can`t think of a bad caliber I have ever used.I have had bad rifles that were inaccurate .That did not mean the caliber or chambering was bad.A lot of cartridge`s are just duplicates of other ones with a new body shape and different names.Usually it does not matter if you like a 222 or a 223 or a 6MM Rem. or 243.Its the guy doing the driving that makes it perform.Nothing he mentioned gets me riled up because it is just his opinion and opinions are just like azzholes.Everyone has one.


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Originally Posted by rainierrifleco
I have and love all those listed except the 270 wsm....
Really....the 300 wby 220 swift and 223 overrated...what an idiot..
22-250 and 300 win are better because they fall short? What an idiot
I never found 1 single fault with 223....... What an IDIOT!!!


The 223 is nothing without the endorsement of the US Govt. Prior to that, the 222 was where it was at. The 223 is "all that" because of the hardware it is supported by, nothing more. Well, perhaps credit might also be allowed for "most stretched cartridge", since the 223 has been stretched to work even harder than Bell stretched the 7x57. Actually, if compromising all 22 CFs into one was where it was at, Winchester might have had it right with the 225. crazy


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Originally Posted by Brad
For me, I'd say the top five most overrated cartridges should have "AI" after their name.


More overloaded than overrated!





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Little Known Facts about Firearms: The 45 Elias Steamer
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.........Elias Martineau

In 1889, Elias Martineau, of the Louisiana ‘salt water boiled chicken' Martineaus, constructed the first steam driven, self-contained cartridge – the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias lived just outside of Lafayette, in the newly created Acadia Parish. God bless him, his intentions were honorable, but he just wasn’t too bright. He figured to capitalize on the family idea of using boiled salt water from the Gulf. Instead of cooking chicken though, he wanted to use steam to propel bullets. Sadly, neither the Martineau chicken recipe nor Elias’ steam driven bullet idea took off.

Originally, Elias thought that he could create something that would rival the black powder and new smokeless powder cartridges of the day. He worked hard to build a tiny steam chamber and water reservoir inside a 45-70 case. He chose the 45-70 because of its availability and the sheer number of single shot rifles piled up in his shed.

For about 18 months he worked tirelessly, modifying cases with wee chambers and a single, steam driven piston. The effort took most of his time and ruined his eyesight. When it became too difficult to use even large magnifying glasses, he imported ‘illegals’ from Tennessee to labor in his small shed. He was determined to succeed, despite employing people from the Smoky Mountains.

Had Elias made one or two prototypes before going into mass production, he might have realized his idea wouldn’t hold water. Or, more to the point, wouldn’t hold enough water. While the principle of steam pressure had been proven in locomotives, it was a new idea in bullet propulsion. This was the golden age of firearms however, when a new idea was born every week, and testing procedures were not standardized.

In July of 1890, Elias’ small staff had produced 10 steam driven cartridges, and the day of testing had arrived. Five men went into Martineau’s backyard, set up a firing bench, a target stand, and one fellow even remembered to bring refreshments and lunch. The very first target was a 30x30 piece of deer hide, held onto the stand with wire.

At the firing line, Elias' men piled boxes of bottles, cans, old shoes and boots, hats and even a small chicken in a cage. After the initial test on the deer hide, these items were to be shot up to demonstrate the accuracy and firepower of the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias carefully laid out the ten new cartridges on the table. He put on a new shirt, combed his hair and called for his rifle – a well-used Springfield trapdoor. Calvin Victor, his assistant, brought it to him and motioned for the camera. This was a historic moment! That’s when Elias' employees realized that in their haste to construct this new steam driven cartridge, they had forgot to modify a rifle to fire it. So they went home.

Sadly, Elias Martineau would not live to see his dream come true. Two months after the failed test, he was struck and killed by a driverless horse and buggy in the laneway of his farm, while walking to the outhouse.

And now you know the best of the story!


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I'd say any cartridge thought to trump shot placement is overrated.


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Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


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Originally Posted by BMT
Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


+2


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Probably more over-rated gunwriters, than cartridges.



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Originally Posted by donsm70
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Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


+2


I like this!

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The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Originally Posted by BobinNH
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Originally Posted by BMT
Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


+2


I like this!

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$100 says the 7mm Rem Mag is still humming along in 20 years (not willing to lump any of the new 7s with it though). You willing to take the other side? wink


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Originally Posted by Klikitarik


$100 says the 7mm Rem Mag is still humming along in 20 years (not willing to lump any of the new 7s with it though). You willing to take the other side? wink


20 years from now, bloggers will be saying Michelle O is still "beautiful".

Does not mean they are right.

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Phil Massaro must be the twin brother to Lee H. Joots the other brain dead gunwriter. Sheeit what kinda moron editor tells a writer to come up with crap like this? no wonder the mags are on their way out. Magnum Man

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Originally Posted by BMT
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$100 says the 7mm Rem Mag is still humming along in 20 years (not willing to lump any of the new 7s with it though). You willing to take the other side? wink


20 years from now, bloggers will be saying Michelle O is still "beautiful".

Does not mean they are right.

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No worries; I'm not changing my bet. (You can certainly have that one….. sick bleh!)


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Originally Posted by BobinNH
Originally Posted by donsm70
Originally Posted by BMT
Originally Posted by shrapnel
1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


+2


I like this!

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The 270 WSM is lucky to get 100fps on the regular old .270, which is what makes the 7Mag a joke also, as it won't even get that over a .280


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#1 30-30

Not that it doesn't work, it does, but a sharp stick still works as well as ever if the hunter knows how to use it. And I'd bet a sharp stick has taken more game than all cartridges combined over the last 10,000 years.

I like the round well enough and have several 30-30 rifles, but hearing how great it is gets old. It works, but ain't nothing special. The fact is it had been obsolete for 3 years before it was invented. It was a step backwards in cartridge development.


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Originally Posted by rost495
a single cartridge will never be perfect


Ahem......


The first smokeless cartridge I believe was the 7x57....no major improvements have occurred since then.







Except the 223AI.... whistle





Shrap was right...my butt just puckers when I hear "7MM Mag..."


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Anybody that doesn't own a 7x57 should be banned from the Fire!!!


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Originally Posted by kciH


The 270 WSM is lucky to get 100fps on the regular old .270, which is what makes the 7Mag a joke also, as it won't even get that over a .280



From the Nosler manual: (Not that I need it having owned multiples of both). Top velocities:

280-150 from 26" Barrel: 2995,2990,2982,2966.

7 Rem Mag-150 from 24" barrel ( hardly even-steven but whatever): 3248,3240,3162,3128.


WE could talk 140's:

280-140 26" barrel 3152,3070,3056,3002.

7 Rem Mag-140 24" barrel: 3340,3318,3282,3263


280-175 from 26" Barrel: 2760

7 Rem Mag-175 from 24" barrel: 2970

I bogged down in math awhile ago,but sure looks like more than 100 fps to me.And all through this we are spotting the 280 2" of barrel.


In real life after 15-20 7 Rem Mags and maybe 6-7 280's (who knows?),and to simplify, the real world difference is the 7 Rem mag will do with a 160 what a 280 will do with a 140 day in and day out, rifle to rifle, and as near as we can guess at home pressure wise,which is somewhere between 3050-3100 fps....and it takes a good shot in the arm to get that velocity with a 280. You better be stomping on it smile


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Gotta think on this a bit and wonder..... what open country North American BG animal can't be taken with a 7 Rem Mag as far as we can hit properly (made easier by moderate recoil and bullets designed to the task). Be right back......























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The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Originally Posted by chlinstructor
Anybody that doesn't own a 7x57 should be banned from the Fire!!!
Have two 7x57's. wink


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Yeah but you still slum a .270





Thats like being married to Heidi Klum and sneaking around behind her back with Rosie Odonnell.....


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Nothing new to post. Am just going to repeat what I posted this morning:

"Personally, I am SHOCKED that any magazine would run a controversial article in an attempt to attract readers. I am far less shocked that so many Campfire members have helped spread the word about this shocking article."

Might do this again, more or less randomly, until photos of women start outnumbering predictable posts on rifle cartridges.


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Nothin like a cartridge conversation to liven things up and cause pictures of women to sprout like mushrooms. smile




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I will agree the government adoption of the 223 Rem is a large part of its popularity. But, it is wildly popular and is likely the 2nd most popular round fired from a rifle.

If the 223 wasn't the adopted round for the AR-15, would the 222 rem or Rem Mag match this popularity? Hypothetically of course.

If the 30-06 wasn't adopted, would the 30/40 Krag still be the kind of the woods? Would we have a 270 Krag, 280 Krag, etc? Or maybe the 303 Brit would be the popular one...? Just wondering how things would have worked out had it all been different!

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Lots of posts here.....either an attempt at comedy, or very ignorant. Not sure which one, really.


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Thanks! That's far more interesting than all the other posts so far.


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Yeah but you still slum a .270





Thats like being married to Heidi Klum and sneaking around behind her back with Rosie Odonnell.....
No can do Rosie,she like girls. whistle


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Thanks! That's far more interesting than all the other posts so far.


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I cant believe the Poobah was dissing on my 7mm Rem Mag. I am going to file a hurt feelings report..


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Hear! Hear!

On the other hand, did anyone click on the link at the bottom of the article? Not much to disagree with there in my opinion.

http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2015/2/9/top-5-underrated-rifle-cartridges/

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Originally Posted by BobinNH
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The 270 WSM is lucky to get 100fps on the regular old .270, which is what makes the 7Mag a joke also, as it won't even get that over a .280



From the Nosler manual: (Not that I need it having owned multiples of both). Top velocities:

280-150 from 26" Barrel: 2995,2990,2982,2966.

7 Rem Mag-150 from 24" barrel ( hardly even-steven but whatever): 3248,3240,3162,3128.


WE could talk 140's:

280-140 26" barrel 3152,3070,3056,3002.

7 Rem Mag-140 24" barrel: 3340,3318,3282,3263


280-175 from 26" Barrel: 2760

7 Rem Mag-175 from 24" barrel: 2970

I bogged down in math awhile ago,but sure looks like more than 100 fps to me.And all through this we are spotting the 280 2" of barrel.


In real life after 15-20 7 Rem Mags and maybe 6-7 280's (who knows?),and to simplify, the real world difference is the 7 Rem mag will do with a 160 what a 280 will do with a 140 day in and day out, rifle to rifle, and as near as we can guess at home pressure wise,which is somewhere between 3050-3100 fps....and it takes a good shot in the arm to get that velocity with a 280. You better be stomping on it smile


Most popular belted magnum....ever. Top 10 in reloading dies and factory ammo just about every year, far as I know.Used internationally, and the poor old 280 has taken a seat way at the back of the bus since 1962,despite its obvious virtues.Great cartridge.

Gotta think on this a bit and wonder..... what open country North American BG animal can't be taken with a 7 Rem Mag as far as we can hit properly (made easier by moderate recoil and bullets designed to the task). Be right back......























I can't think of any. frown


Overrated? I don't think so. wink


I'll bow to your experience, as I've only had 1 7mag and the two 280's I still have. Loaded to like pressures, unless you go with the heaviest common bullets for the chambering, the difference to 400 yards is virtually nill. The advantages of the 7mag have been somewhat expanded recently, in that we have super high BC hunting bullets in heavier weights, which is where the 7mag will shine against the .280. With the newer bullets, and relatively new super slow powders, the advantages are bigger than ever...and they are still not all that great.

I started playing with bottleneck centerfires in a Contender, about 25 years ago, so I understand the minutiae, squared. smile 7 TCU vs 7-30 Waters vs the 7mm BR in a XP...talk about splitting hairs over slight differences. lol


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Please explain how you arrived at "like pressures."

Also, please post a picture of a woman with minimal clothes.


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Also, please post a picture of a woman with minimal clothes.


Now we're getting somewhere.

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How about some hot redheads ? cool

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Now this thread is finally on track. I keep telling you people to listen to JB.


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Oooh! Boattail. Nice ballistic coefficient.

What's the runout, Ingwe?


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I like the way this thread is progressing. WTF cares about a 7mm Mag vs. a 7x57. They will both kill things.grin

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Originally Posted by boatanchor
I knew when he listed the 300 Weatherby instead of the 30-378 Weatherby as his top overrated pick that the article was a joke.

My top 5 would be.

1.30-378 Weatherby

2.30-378 Weatherby

3.30-378 Weatherby

4.30-378 Weatherby

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This is mainly why I stopped reading magazine articles 25 years ago and bought guns in diffrent cal and formed my own opinions..
I have actually never found a bad carterage.. They all fill a nitch. Some better than others. A few I just didn't like for what I thought they would be good for.
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Originally Posted by ingwe
Originally Posted by rost495
a single cartridge will never be perfect


Ahem......


The first smokeless cartridge I believe was the 7x57....no major improvements have occurred since then.







Except the 223AI.... whistle





Shrap was right...my butt just puckers when I hear "7MM Mag..."




I thought the 8mm Lebel was the first smokeless cartridge?

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Tom,

Thanks! That's far more interesting than all the other posts so far.


More help, I hope..

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Originally Posted by rost495
a single cartridge will never be perfect


Ahem......


The first smokeless cartridge I believe was the 7x57....no major improvements have occurred since then.







Except the 223AI.... whistle





Shrap was right...my butt just puckers when I hear "7MM Mag..."




I thought the 8mm Lebel was the first smokeless cartridge?



It might be...dats why I put "I believe".... grin


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That was funny -- there's also an underrated. That's at the bottom of the story.

I disagree pretty strongly about the 223 being underrated. It does so many things well and has such a range of goodness.



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Tom,

Actually, there were smokeless cartridges before the 8mm Lebel, but they weren't centerfire rifle cartridges.

Nobody really gave a schidt because women had been around for far longer, an attitude that can help the Campfire a lot--though apparently not for everybody.



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I have a loaded 8mm Lebel cartridge. Pretty cool round.

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Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Nothing new to post. Am just going to repeat what I posted this morning:

"Personally, I am SHOCKED that any magazine would run a controversial article in an attempt to attract readers. I am far less shocked that so many Campfire members have helped spread the word about this shocking article."

Might do this again, more or less randomly, until photos of women start outnumbering predictable posts on rifle cartridges.



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http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2015/3/23/top-five-overrated-rifle-cartridges/

I have my thoughts on this article, not entirely in agreement with the entire thing...what say you?


Without bother to read the other comments, two things come to mind:

1. The deploreable state of magazines these days, and NRA mags in particular. I can burn through an American Rifleman faster than a Guns and Ammo, which is saying something.

2. Who is this Bozo, and why should I give a rat's ass what he thinks about this or anything else. What an incredible waste of time and ink. The writer and the editor should both be horsewhipped.


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Trying to help John...

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Don't know about John, but you certainly helped me!

Whoo Hoo!

Here's one that might help:

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1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


Pure blasphemy!!!!!!


i don't think so, shrapnel had it right the first time. Totally useless, noisy round, phooey.


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I agree on the 300 Wby , 270 WSM, 458 WM and the 223, but not the Swift. The standard 270 Win does any thing you can ask for a 270 bullet to do, The lotts has it all over the 458 WM, I have never believed the 300 WBY could do anything the 300 WM couldn't do and the the 222 Remington Mag has it all over the 223 for loading with it longer neck. I love the 223 for hunting but in reality the 222 Mag is better.


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Not strange that many folks on the fire have ass and titty on their mind all the time. Makes one wonder what they have in their hand.

Wonder if the site advertisers know they are supporting a porn site.


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Porn? what porn? link? thanks!


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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
Not strange that many folks on the fire have ass and titty on their mind all the time. Makes one wonder what they have in their hand.

Wonder if the site advertisers know they are supporting a porn site.


Your keen interest in what my hand is doing is very touching, if a little disturbing. Rest assured that I have someone that takes care of those matters for me.

Perhaps you should concentrate on the darkness in YOUR mind.

The rest of us are enjoying a joke.

As that great theologian Harry Callahan once said, "A man's got to know his limitations".

Someone that can't look at a picture of a pretty girl without getting all twitchy might want to think about staying off the www...

...and maybe staying indoors.

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For sure I don't have a keen interest in what your hand is doing. I for one don't have any appreciation for your so called pussy and titty jokes. You want me to stay off the WWW fine, you keep your hand out of Inge's thong. I don't wish to thumb through soft porn to follow the dialogue in a thread.


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define soft porn?


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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
For sure I don't have a keen interest in what your hand is doing. I for one don't have any appreciation for your so called pussy and titty jokes. You want me to stay off the WWW fine, you keep your hand out of Inge's thong. I don't wish to thumb through soft porn to follow the dialogue in a thread.



Settle down skippy. The heterosexual's of the thread are having fun.

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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
For sure I don't have a keen interest in what your hand is doing. I for one don't have any appreciation for your so called pussy and titty jokes. You want me to stay off the WWW fine, you keep your hand out of Inge's thong. I don't wish to thumb through soft porn to follow the dialogue in a thread.


Clearly, if someone wishes to pick up the technical data on members' underpants, you da man!

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If the 30-06 had never become a military cartridge
how popular would it have become?
It would just be a necked down 35 Whelen. wink
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Thanks for the experienced advice in such matters.

I know you have a deep appreciation for these pics so are you going to show them to your wife, or daughter, or mother? How about your boss so he'll know what's on the work computer.


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Badger me all you like, Ed, but you'll never find out about MY underpants!

You'll just have to dream.


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Maybe we should start a Puritanical thread....just to keep everyone happy.


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I don't peruse this site hoping to find soft porn either. There are sites where I would expect that you'd find that sort of thing but a gun/hunting site isn't one.

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Maybe we should start a Puritanical thread....just to keep everyone happy.


Okay, let me start:

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So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.


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Anyone who thinks this is soft core porn needs to have their head examined. These are beautiful girls in clothes. Like something you'd see in any magazine that your wife or daughter reads (shape, redbook, people, etc).

Jeeze - don't ruin this thread - it finally got interested. Honestly anyone who makes and argues "top 10 lists" is a goofball.

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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
Thanks for the experienced advice in such matters.

I know you have a deep appreciation for these pics so are you going to show them to your wife, or daughter, or mother? How about your boss so he'll know what's on the work computer.




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Geez, until now I don't know there was porn OR dialogue in this thread. Can somebody please help me out again?


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I'll try, but things have gotten a bit confused.

As best as I can remember, most feel that the article that started all this was stupid,,and some guy wants me to show this picture to my mother....

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define soft porn?


Porn that doesn't get you hard

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Badger me all you like, Ed, but you'll never find out about MY underpants!

You'll just have to dream.


why would I want to even go there, I'd just be disappointed.


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Also, please post a picture of a woman with minimal clothes.


Now we're getting somewhere.

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Great looking case....
What's the best load for it?


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Originally Posted by Pappy348
I'll try, but things have gotten a bit confused.

As best as I can remember, most feel that the article that started all this was stupid,,and some guy wants me to show this picture to my mother....

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Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Geez, until now I don't know there was porn OR dialogue in this thread. Can somebody please help me out again?


I would, but I'm still searching for eye bleach after seeing that photo of deflave in his tutu and tiara.


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Also, please post a picture of a woman with minimal clothes.


Now we're getting somewhere.

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Great looking case....
What's the best load for it?


Not sure.

I used a really fast one and she didn't seem impressed.

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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
For sure I don't have a keen interest in what your hand is doing. I for one don't have any appreciation for your so called pussy and titty jokes. You want me to stay off the WWW fine, you keep your hand out of Inge's thong. I don't wish to thumb through soft porn to follow the dialogue in a thread.


Amen!


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What's in my hand? Computer mouse in one, soda in the other. What did you expect?


Soda!

That stuff will kill you.


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I have a load that will do just fine.

BMT


Mine would be way over book max....

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Geez, until now I don't know there was porn OR dialogue in this thread. Can somebody please help me out again?


I would, but I'm still searching for eye bleach after seeing that photo of deflave in his tutu and tiara.


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Actually, as bea175 suggested, that's me. Wish I could still fit into that outfit, though. Have put on some weight since then....


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Thanks for the experienced advice in such matters.

I know you have a deep appreciation for these pics so are you going to show them to your wife, or daughter, or mother? How about your boss so he'll know what's on the work computer.


Amen again! If they can't stay on topic, let us at least discuss food.


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Actually, as bea175 suggested, that's me. Wish I could still fit into that outfit, though. Have put on some weight since then....


One of the hazards of being married to a good cook.


But did you get the part?


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Badger me all you like, Ed, but you'll never find out about MY underpants!

You'll just have to dream.


why would I want to even go there, I'd just be disappointed.


Yes you would, because, wait for it.......


I'm not wearing any!


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Thanks for the experienced advice in such matters.

I know you have a deep appreciation for these pics so are you going to show them to your wife, or daughter, or mother? How about your boss so he'll know what's on the work computer.


Amen again! If they can't stay on topic, let us at least discuss food.


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I'm mostly a hunter, so I try to get closer to my target any time I can. Therefore, I think the magnums of 6mm-.300 calibers are much over-rated. Yes, they DO flatten trajectory a bit, but very long shots are very deliberate affairs, so a small bit of extra holdover isn't much of a big deal. Recoil, however, usually is for very many hunters. I've known way too many guys who've hit a deer poorly with a std. cal. rifle, and not knowing how to track, the deer got away (or you could say they just left them in the woods?). They then went out to get a "bigger gun," always a magnum of some stripe, and proceeded to NOT shoot it enough to get very well acquainted with it, and consequently, missed most of the deer they got shots at even more widely than before going to the magnums. This just isn't rocket science, but ... so many just don't THINK and REASON these days, that it's becoming commonplace. And when you try to politely point out the facts, they don't seem to want to hear it. Ain't it funny how that works? Evidently, having the "prestige" of owning a magnum seems to outweigh the utility of being able to shoot whatever rifle one has. I don't understand this kind of "logic," but I see it all the time. There's a reason we lod farts get crotchety. We just get really tired of listening to excuses and outright silliness when we want to talk hunting and shooting. And we get kinda' tired of being told how wrong we are when we kill every deer we shoot at while so many of the stylish tyros miss most of them. Yes, it's hard for the urban crew to find a place to shoot, and expensive when they get there, but .... how expensive is the entirety of the hunt??? Economics alone seems to indicate that knowing how to shoot is the main ingredient, so if a fellow wants to shoot a .243/6mm, or a 378 Weatherby, I say more power to him AS LONG AS HE CAN SHOOT IT. Unfortunately, most of us can't shoot the big, loud magnums very much, and that inhibits accuracy and shot placement on game, so .... it's a no-brainer for me, but I seem to have a little different perspective than most these days. Logic just doesn't seem to be of much interest now.

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Actually, as bea175 suggested, that's me. Wish I could still fit into that outfit, though. Have put on some weight since then....


You know, there's a fine line, John... and I think you just crossed it.

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1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


Pure blasphemy!!!!!!


Sounds like pure truth to me.

Could be something to this - there's always more 7mm RM's for sale on the used rack than anything else. One could say that's because it's so popular it outsells the others so there are more out there. My impression though has been that people that do buy them, move on to something else and don't keep them.

Now to finish reading this silly thread... grin

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Little Known Facts about Firearms: The 45 Elias Steamer
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In 1889, Elias Martineau, of the Louisiana ‘salt water boiled chicken' Martineaus, constructed the first steam driven, self-contained cartridge – the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias lived just outside of Lafayette, in the newly created Acadia Parish. God bless him, his intentions were honorable, but he just wasn’t too bright. He figured to capitalize on the family idea of using boiled salt water from the Gulf. Instead of cooking chicken though, he wanted to use steam to propel bullets. Sadly, neither the Martineau chicken recipe nor Elias’ steam driven bullet idea took off.

Originally, Elias thought that he could create something that would rival the black powder and new smokeless powder cartridges of the day. He worked hard to build a tiny steam chamber and water reservoir inside a 45-70 case. He chose the 45-70 because of its availability and the sheer number of single shot rifles piled up in his shed.

For about 18 months he worked tirelessly, modifying cases with wee chambers and a single, steam driven piston. The effort took most of his time and ruined his eyesight. When it became too difficult to use even large magnifying glasses, he imported ‘illegals’ from Tennessee to labor in his small shed. He was determined to succeed, despite employing people from the Smoky Mountains.

Had Elias made one or two prototypes before going into mass production, he might have realized his idea wouldn’t hold water. Or, more to the point, wouldn’t hold enough water. While the principle of steam pressure had been proven in locomotives, it was a new idea in bullet propulsion. This was the golden age of firearms however, when a new idea was born every week, and testing procedures were not standardized.

In July of 1890, Elias’ small staff had produced 10 steam driven cartridges, and the day of testing had arrived. Five men went into Martineau’s backyard, set up a firing bench, a target stand, and one fellow even remembered to bring refreshments and lunch. The very first target was a 30x30 piece of deer hide, held onto the stand with wire.

At the firing line, Elias' men piled boxes of bottles, cans, old shoes and boots, hats and even a small chicken in a cage. After the initial test on the deer hide, these items were to be shot up to demonstrate the accuracy and firepower of the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias carefully laid out the ten new cartridges on the table. He put on a new shirt, combed his hair and called for his rifle – a well-used Springfield trapdoor. Calvin Victor, his assistant, brought it to him and motioned for the camera. This was a historic moment! That’s when Elias' employees realized that in their haste to construct this new steam driven cartridge, they had forgot to modify a rifle to fire it. So they went home.

Sadly, Elias Martineau would not live to see his dream come true. Two months after the failed test, he was struck and killed by a driverless horse and buggy in the laneway of his farm, while walking to the outhouse.

And now you know the best of the story!


WHo is this Cletus Tenderloin fella Steve? I google fuud him and found his facebook page. There is some wonderfully disturbing stuff mixed in there with his posts.

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A list of overrated cartridges without the 280 at or near the top?
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I'll try, but things have gotten a bit confused.

As best as I can remember, most feel that the article that started all this was stupid,,and some guy wants me to show this picture to my mother....

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A list of overrated cartridges without the 280 at or near the top?
Really?


The 280 Remington is what the 270 Winchester could only wish to be.

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A list of overrated cartridges without the 280 at or near the top?
Really?


The 280 Remington is what the 270 Winchester could only wish to be.



The 280 Remington is what the 270 Winchester and .30'06 could only conspire to be wink


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The 7.62x39 is over rated. All the rest are amusing, even on a bad day.


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The 7.62x39mm has a scary bark. 'Specially when you're too close.

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Well, the AK47 does indeed have a very distinct sound... Closer to it is definitely not better. Then again the M1A when the "clip" (en-block loader) ejects is another very distinct sound.

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The 280 is less over rated than a 30-06?
Sure it is.

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Shrapnel nailed it with the 7mag.

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She aint no muzzie...not with eyes that color...


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Little Known Facts about Firearms: The 45 Elias Steamer
Copyright 2015 - Cletus Tenderloin

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.........Elias Martineau

In 1889, Elias Martineau, of the Louisiana ‘salt water boiled chicken' Martineaus, constructed the first steam driven, self-contained cartridge – the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias lived just outside of Lafayette, in the newly created Acadia Parish. God bless him, his intentions were honorable, but he just wasn’t too bright. He figured to capitalize on the family idea of using boiled salt water from the Gulf. Instead of cooking chicken though, he wanted to use steam to propel bullets. Sadly, neither the Martineau chicken recipe nor Elias’ steam driven bullet idea took off.

Originally, Elias thought that he could create something that would rival the black powder and new smokeless powder cartridges of the day. He worked hard to build a tiny steam chamber and water reservoir inside a 45-70 case. He chose the 45-70 because of its availability and the sheer number of single shot rifles piled up in his shed.

For about 18 months he worked tirelessly, modifying cases with wee chambers and a single, steam driven piston. The effort took most of his time and ruined his eyesight. When it became too difficult to use even large magnifying glasses, he imported ‘illegals’ from Tennessee to labor in his small shed. He was determined to succeed, despite employing people from the Smoky Mountains.

Had Elias made one or two prototypes before going into mass production, he might have realized his idea wouldn’t hold water. Or, more to the point, wouldn’t hold enough water. While the principle of steam pressure had been proven in locomotives, it was a new idea in bullet propulsion. This was the golden age of firearms however, when a new idea was born every week, and testing procedures were not standardized.

In July of 1890, Elias’ small staff had produced 10 steam driven cartridges, and the day of testing had arrived. Five men went into Martineau’s backyard, set up a firing bench, a target stand, and one fellow even remembered to bring refreshments and lunch. The very first target was a 30x30 piece of deer hide, held onto the stand with wire.

At the firing line, Elias' men piled boxes of bottles, cans, old shoes and boots, hats and even a small chicken in a cage. After the initial test on the deer hide, these items were to be shot up to demonstrate the accuracy and firepower of the 45 Elias Steamer.

Elias carefully laid out the ten new cartridges on the table. He put on a new shirt, combed his hair and called for his rifle – a well-used Springfield trapdoor. Calvin Victor, his assistant, brought it to him and motioned for the camera. This was a historic moment! That’s when Elias' employees realized that in their haste to construct this new steam driven cartridge, they had forgot to modify a rifle to fire it. So they went home.

Sadly, Elias Martineau would not live to see his dream come true. Two months after the failed test, he was struck and killed by a driverless horse and buggy in the laneway of his farm, while walking to the outhouse.

And now you know the best of the story!


WHo is this Cletus Tenderloin fella Steve? I google fuud him and found his facebook page. There is some wonderfully disturbing stuff mixed in there with his posts.

Is this guy a Canadian Patrick McManus or something?


Shows a remarkable resemblance to Liver Eatin' Johnson!


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Dats what I was thinking...looks like Johnson for sure....


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I would have to say the 270 Win is overrated. To listen to some on here, just touching a 270 will turn you gay within a week. I got a 270 over 35 years ago, before I heard of the rumored gay transformational properties here on the Fire. Even after that time it has not turned me gay. The gayness of the 270 is way overrated.


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Dats what I was thinking...looks like Johnson for sure....


Nah, it might be a cousin. Remember, we are talking about La. Oops, did I say that out loud? smile


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Pretty eyes, but she might want to have that uni-brow threaded.


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You guys are easily sidetracked.

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Hope you realize how you are putting in jeopardy the viability of this site and the reputation of the gun writers who so kindly post on this forum. They don't want to have their reputation impugned by having their readers know that they post on sites that tolerate soft porn. Also your selfish attitude is putting in jeopardy this sport that we all like. This site is the largest hunting and shooting site on the web and as such is monitored by the antis. All it takes is a few letters to the sites advertisers to put this site in jeopardy. Your very selfish attitude is destructive to all posters on this site.


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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
Hope you realize how you are putting in jeopardy the viability of this site and the reputation of the gun writers who so kindly post on this forum. They don't want to have their reputation impugned by having their readers know that they post on sites that tolerate soft porn. Also your selfish attitude is putting in jeopardy this sport that we all like. This site is the largest hunting and shooting site on the web and as such is monitored by the antis. All it takes is a few letters to the sites advertisers to put this site in jeopardy. Your very selfish attitude is destructive to all posters on this site.



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1. 7mm Remington Mag
2. 7mm Remington Mag
3. 7mm Remington Mag
4. 7mm Remington Mag
5. 7mm Remington Mag

and a close #6... 7mm Remington Mag


Pure blasphemy!!!!!!


Sounds like pure truth to me.

Could be something to this - there's always more 7mm RM's for sale on the used rack than anything else. One could say that's because it's so popular it outsells the others so there are more out there. My impression though has been that people that do buy them, move on to something else and don't keep them.

Now to finish reading this silly thread... grin


Yes and also the 270 is for sale on a lot of used racks as is the dearly loved 06 and the 243.

The 7mm RM is bewteen the 270/280 and the 300 Win Mag.

If it has too much kick for pussies, they can load it down to 270 power.



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Smithrjd: The M1A doesn't use an en bloc clip, that's the M1 Garand. The M1A, aka M14 in military dress (full auto select) uses a 20 Rd Magazine. Actually, the 280 Under rated if anything. If it has a belt on it, then most likely over rated.


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No, but I for one like my hunting and shooting entertainment and want to protect it. I know you don't agree with me, so go right ahead and promote your porn values and scare people away from our sport. You can throw all kids of arrows at me, but please help to protect and,promote our sport?


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Must be getting crowded in the closet.


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I miss the days when the magazine guy would knock on our door and try to sell us subscriptions. You know...for THOSE magazines. We'd keep them in the tool box in the garage because our wives or mothers never looked in there.

Everyone had a different way of getting their Playboy out to the duck blind or fishing camp. Some guys would roll them up and slide them in their boots. Some guys had a "tool box" full, complete with Texaco and Holley stickers, and put them in the truck or the trunk the morning they left.

My buddy's dad used to roll up racy calendars and keep them in shotgun barrels. Piles of well worn magazines were left out all year in the outhouse at our hunt camp. I know we weren't alone in that practice.

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Thanks for the historical view. Unfortunately with the WWW this stuff is no longer secret, but is viewable by everyone. Once on the web, always on the web.


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You cannot run a laptop where we hunt and fish. Someone has to bring a generator. And there's no Internetto. It might be on the web, but you gotta get be able to get the web. smile


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Originally Posted by 338rcm
Agree with him on the 300 Weatherby, not the 223


Agree with author on the .223 Remington, not the 300 Weatherby.


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Most posters here agree that poaching hurts our sport and will vigorously speak against it. Yet that same person will vigorously post porn on the Internet where the antis can see that postings. Porn reflects negatively on our hunting and shooting sports just like poaching. The advertisers on this site do not condone porn posting, none of them. Cabelas, MidwayUSA, Hornady, progressive Insurance do not, I'm pretty sure that the sponsor over on the optics forum wouldn't be happy with posting porn on one of his threads. How about the NRA?

Besides embarrassing to the female members here it is degrading to them as well.

All of us need to guard the image we project to the outside.


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Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Folks get paid to write this stuff...

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This ^^^^^^^^^^^^ The article is simply a modern iteration of the old stir-the-pot articles that used to appear in Guns and Ammo and others of that ilk: "9mm vs. .38 Special" "Make Mine a 12 Gauge" "The 3" 20 Gauge Makes the 12 Gauge Obsolete" "16 Gauge - Heavy Enough for Waterfowl/Light Enough for Upland" "16 Gauge - Too Light for Ducks/Too Heavy for Upland" ".270 vs .30-06" "9mm vs .45" and on and on and on.

Good questions to ask would be : Over rated by whom? Relative to what?


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Originally Posted by jorgeI
define soft porn?


Porn that don't make you hard.


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Sir, banjos are a prelude to anal rape, please do not degrade our sport, what will the anti's think when they see that?

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^^^ I think they would stand in line to wait their turn for service.


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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
Most posters here agree that poaching hurts our sport and will vigorously speak against it. Yet that same person will vigorously post porn on the Internet where the antis can see that postings. Porn reflects negatively on our hunting and shooting sports just like poaching. The advertisers on this site do not condone porn posting, none of them. Cabelas, MidwayUSA, Hornady, progressive Insurance do not, I'm pretty sure that the sponsor over on the optics forum wouldn't be happy with posting porn on one of his threads. How about the NRA?



Besides embarrassing to the female members here it is degrading to them as well.

All of us need to guard the image we project to the outside.


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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
Hope you realize how you are putting in jeopardy the viability of this site and the reputation of the gun writers who so kindly post on this forum. They don't want to have their reputation impugned by having their readers know that they post on sites that tolerate soft porn. Also your selfish attitude is putting in jeopardy this sport that we all like. This site is the largest hunting and shooting site on the web and as such is monitored by the antis. All it takes is a few letters to the sites advertisers to put this site in jeopardy. Your very selfish attitude is destructive to all posters on this site.


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You would be right IF what has been shown was pornography
BUT what has been shown is not Pornography.
More than what has been shown is seen daily on soaps ,commercials and at public pools and beaches.
And by car washers raising money for churches.

Your oppinion is important and valued ,however your oppinion and others(most here)dont seem to match.
And their oppinion matters as well.

As far as embarrassing or Degrading to the female members here I rather doubt that as for the most part women dont mind being idolized and gazed upon.
As a matter of fact I have heard that many go out of their way to be so !

I highly doubt that advertisers here will "pull" their ads because of it.


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My bad there... Especially having owned both. Meant the M1 Garand.

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Ya, with over 11,500 views, I doubt the sponsors/advertisers are sweating it much.

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In general, I haven't found the people in the firearms industry offended by women in somewhat skimpy clothing. If they were, they wouldn't hold the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas every year--complete with a somewhat skimpily clothed women in some of the booths.

The past few years have set records of over 60,000 attendees, and SHOT isn't open to the public.


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I guess folks gotta get paid for writing something...

I didn't read much past a few words though, what I read was a bunch of personal opinion BS. IMHO.

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