For a caliber, no.
For cartridges? Well, it's more how some use them then the cartridge.
For people? Hell yeah!
For those who use modern versions of older cartridges and proclaim
them revolutionary.
For the old bastards who use the old version and look down on the new.
Basically people who measure their self worth on perception of their
possesions.
And all these people who wouldn't think of using something like a
30-30, but brag up a new round that barely duplicates it.
IDGAF if it is an AR, or your screwy laws won't let you shoot normal
rounds. If it is barely a 30-30, be honest.
"Well, now I have a semi that is similar to Pap's old 30-30. Except
it weighs 9 pounds, is awkward, and ugly as a mud fence".
Or, "This is a legal loophole round that is marginally equal to a 30-30.
If our rule makers weren't idiots I wouldn't touch this
with a 10 foot pole".
Funny post and so true.
I have a .300 BLK AR and a Marlin .30-30. I love to hunt with the .30-30 (and all my levers from .22LR to .45-70) but no way I want to hunt with the .300BLK. Partly for the reasons you state, although I doubt it weighs 9 pounds, partly because the ergos suck and partly for other reasons. Give me a bolt or lever any day. For SHTF situations, my ARs rule.
Can’t think of a modern cartridge I would call ‘revolutionary’ rather than ‘evolutionary’. The last one I can think of was the Gyrojet rocket bullets from the 1960’s. They were also a colossal failure.
