Originally Posted by johnw
Originally Posted by ShaunRyan
It's boring to a hobbyist or loony who likes to experiment and has the means to do so. To a guy who wants a serious, dependable killing tool he can rely upon to keep his freezer stocked with meat, boring is good. He's not interested in being entertained.


Name a bottlenecked centerfire cartridge, introduced since 1930, and larger than .20 caliber that might fail substantially in that regard?

Hmm. 22 TCM and 5.7x28 come to mind. They would likely work, but I doubt a majority would consider them "a serious, dependable killing tool" for hunting what a guy would use a 30-06 for.

I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.