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sharps4590 -

Good post.

Ballistics entered into my thinking when I bout my first center-fire and rejected the ..356 Win and .375 Win that Dad recommended. They also had a strong influence on my choice of 7mm RM.
Fast forward 19 year later to 2001 and ballistics essentially played no part in my decision to purchase a Marlin in .375 Win or a Marlin .45-70 in 2002 or a Marlin .30-30 in 2005.

What counted was they were lever guns. I knew they all had rainbow trajectories compared to my 7mm RM, but lever guns can't be beat for fun. The .375 Win has taken antelope and coyotes and the .45-70 has accounted for deer and elk. HAve hunted elk wiht the .30-30 but never had a shot opportunity, let alone one in range.