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This article appeared in Handloader right after Finn's death in April of 2000... I don't know for sure, but it may have been his last written piece.

Fitting that it's about the 308...

Aagaard 's selected works is one of my all time favorite books. Pretty close to number #1.

Thanks for posting. He was very practical in what he used. He would give you a real life opinion.

interesting read thanks for posting

Ed

Thanks Brad, nice to read about common sense.

Again, thanks Brad. That was a great read.

The .308 is a great round.

Great article. I miss his writing!

Thanks, Guy

Awesome! thank you

Good article. Thanks.

Great article. Thanks for posting it up

Thanks Brad
Fine article.

Don't make me reprint the article:

"The 270 Winchester, Every Man's Beltless Magnum" by JOC !



Seriously, thanks Brad, I don't remember reading that. I had quit taking ALL the gun rags before 2000.
Too many had become the S O T (thing).

I always liked and enjoyed reading Mr Finn and miss him and others. I didn't always agre with Mr Elmer but
I found his writing entertaining.

Jerry

[Great read. Thanks for posting.

Interesting timing. I've been looking at the 150 TTSX from my Kimber. My Dad just got back from Africa and shot 8 animals with 9 shots using 165 TSX from his 300 SAUM. They are launched about 2900 from his SAUM. They worked well for him. None of his animals went more than 40 yards, most much less. I've been anti-Barnes since my escapades with the 25 cal TSX but I'm thinking the tipped variety may have solved the issues I experienced.

Our own JB could learn a thing or two.

Partsman,

Yeah, I learned a lot from that article--which I remember reading when my brand-new copy of the magazine it appeared in showed up.

On reading it again this time I learned just how old I'm getting. Finn and I first met 29 years ago, yet it doesn't seem nearly that long. But it also made me remember that taking my first big game animal with the .308 Winchester occurred on opening day of Montana's rifle season in 1967. Yep, half a century ago, which seems impossible....

Elk season of '67... I just turned one!

Thanks for the article Brad. My first big game animal with a rifle was the Federal high energy load with 180 Partitions out of my 308 Win. Now that rifle shoots 155 Scenars into tiny groups. If I were to use the 308 hunting regularly, I'd look hard at the 165 Trophy Bonded Tips or possibly a 150 or 130 TTSX. Really there are countless good possibilities. Federal's load data states just over 2900 using 2000MR with the 165 TBT. That's good elk medicine!

Good read! The .308 is probably going to be my next rifle. It makes the most sense to me.

I always read Aagaard's material as it was worth reading. For the reader wanting to learn something, his writing was never warmed-over stuff that less-imaginative writers had covered many times. After following his published efforts for the twenty or so years he wrote, I was left with the impression that Aagaard had a very modest collection of firearms and most, maybe all, were rather plain but very practical guns. However, I think he used all of them quite a bit, whether for general shooting, hunting, or handloading projects.

That's probably my favorite article. I've been a 308 fan since middle 70's and that article sums up my feelings exactly. I never met Mr. Aagaard, but it was a sad day when I read that he had passed a way.