Another 67 year old here...must have been a good model year. I got away from the big magnums a couple decades ago but I was shooting them more for the learning experience than hunting though I did kill a deer or two with the real 300 Win. Mag.....way overkill. I never drank the 308 or 30-06 Kool-Aid and doubt I ever will. I'm still hunting with one of the 40 or so cartridges I've been using the last 30 or so years. From my 45-90 Shiloh Sharps down to a 1903 Mannlicher/Schoenauer in 6.5 X 54. I have a 7 X 64 Brenneke I like and I have several 8mm, 9mm and a couple 9.3's in various guises, none of which I load remotely close to hot. Most rifles are fed a good cast bullet load ranging from around 1600 fps to 2200 fps for smokeless rounds. BP cartridges run around 1200 fps with heavy for caliber bullets. 360 grs. for my 11.15 X 60R, 410 grs. for my 40-70 and 480 grs. in the 45-90. Sooo...I guess, so far at least, I haven't changed anything. Dad always said variety is the spice of life and I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
