Jordan: No wonder we're in trouble......
I mean honestly does the cartridge just piss some people off or what!They can't invent enough ways to try to discredit it.....
So they make stuff like that up.....
Neck a 30/06 case to 270,they all fall asleep and the IQ declines to shoe size......but
Man Alive you neck it to 25 caliber they fall into a swoon...can't stand upright without oxygen...!
....too entertaining....
It's the same reason that I refuse to shoot Partition bullets, and that some people dislike the .30-06! (now you're really hooked
) When people put blind faith in something simply because it's popular, I have a tough time getting excited about said item
This discussion has absolutely NOTHING to do with the capability of the cartridges in question, but simply how people feel inside when they think about the names "thirty odd-six" and "two seventy". It just doesn't have the same new-kid-on-the-block effect or Ferrarri appeal as the "TWENTY FIVE ODD SIX!"...
My FILs kinda like this. Way back when, he went to get a Remmy 740 or 742 or whatever in 270. When he got to the shop all they had was a 280 so he got it.
Awhile later he changes to the Partition "after losing too many deer".
And now, he HATES the 270 and he'll poke fun of others in camp for running one (as if there's a difference between the two on deer with 130s/140s.) And if you're not shooting Nosler Partitions, well, you just don't know anything about hunting/shooting. So he keeps on making 150 yard shots on our average size TX deer with his mighty 280 and 140 NPTs.
I picked up a mtn rifle in 280 from a guy here at the fire last year. I like it but I mentioned I was thinking about rebarreling it to 25-06 and my FIL just kinda rolled his eyes and shook his head.
So, I'm thinking about either rebarreling it, or getting a Kimber MT in 25-06, and running 100-117 Horns or SGKs just to piss him off.
