I was browsing through my latest edition of the Handloader magazine, and was looking at the 6.5 RPM. I normally look at speeds and compare them to my 260 Rem. This time I looked at speed but also powder consumption, and thought, "Nah, not worth the gains if I have to use that much more powder. Plus, my 260 will still easily kill deer at 400 yards, and if I need something bigger I will use my 30-06"
Kind of cracked me up at myself, thought I must be getting old. BTW I am only 38
PS. another contributing factor may be that the price of powder is creeping up. I like to check "shots per lb of powder" and using a 90 grain charge sure makes the powder go down faster than 45!

......the occasional hunter wielding a hopelessly inaccurate rifle, living by the fantastical rule that this cartridge can deliver the goods, regardless of shot placement or rifle accuracy. The correct term for this is minute of ego.