So who is affected by the Dunning-Kruger effect? Unfortunately, we all are.
And that is how these forums can benefit - examining poorly formed opinions.
Today the AR-15 based "wimp" cartridges are all the rage. That and a few Sniper movies and suddenly everybody wants to worry about staying supersonic past 1300yds. But problems crop up when folks try taking animals at long ranges with these "wimp" cartridges.
Similar thing happened about 30 years ago after the movie "Quiggley Down Under". Sales of 45-70/90/110 Sharps replicas soared. Guys lined up to pay $2000+ for a rifle that they believed would enable them to launch 500+grain chunk of lead 1000 yards.
The difference is that
if an animal was hit with a 45-50 cal 405-540 grain bullet, the animal was very likely to die fairly fast. But hits are hard with the rainbow trajectories, and iron sights. But hits with wimp cartridges, ( scopes, rangefinders, etc.) are easier, but the tiny bullets do not make big holes.
