With apoligies to their fans, magnums have always had their greatest appeal to those who study ballistics charts but have little hunting experience or faith in their shooting skill. Largely trivial differences look good on paper but it's more difficult to see in the game woods. Old guys with .30-30s and .35 Remingtons still take their share of game each year, the steady, "obsolete" .30-06 users do too.
BUT, bottom line, the younger user is unlikely to get "magnumitis" outta his head until he gets/uses one so he may as well get it done and over with.
With no apologies to this kind of nonsense. Only a novice who weekend road hunts would say this.
250 fps? you will be way over pressure. Obviously you have no clue and don't look at ballistic charts.
On the contrary, those who are confident in their shooting skills can handle the magnum as a tool that enhances their opportunities.
As a younger user of the 270 and 280 I came to see the light at a later age in life and started using more powder capacity.
