Kevin-
The appeal of 3000 fps is what JB dubbed "pursuit of all those zeroes" in an article published about a year ago, and discussed in a couple of threads on this forum.
"I've got more zeroes than you do" is the loonies' version of "mine is/are bigger than yours". I suspect the European loonies strain brass and steel in an attempt to get 1000 meters/second.
--Bob
