In 1978 I was a senior in high school with one required english class and two study halls. So I spent a lot of time in the library reading Field&Stream and Outdoor Life. Different times for sure!
I read and believed all the new cartridge propaganda when the big 8 came out. When Remington announced the Classic in 1998, I splurged and bought the first one I found. Used it on that first elk, then took it to Namibia on my first trip over there. Used a 220 Barnes X on my first ever African animal, a 40" gemsbock bull!