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I h ave only known one person besides you and myself to lust after a .256 Newton. I have one in the works... it is a 1903 Sprg with an original Newton Arms barrel. Hopefully it will be done in the spring... - G.H.
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Holes that touch when shooting paper and animals that drop within a few steps after being shot where the shooter aims.
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I have mentioned here before, and I still believe, the way a cartridge sounds when it's pronounced has more than anything else to do with it's popularity. For every popular cartridge out there, there will be one or more at least as good or arguably better that flopped or, at least, is significantly less popular just for the way the name rolls off the tongue. OK, I can roll with that for a ways...ummm, Kropatchek? Vergueiro? Capstick rolls nicely...perhaps the Peterlongo is a bit much in English context.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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I don't know about exciting but for me it's more like "interesting".
If you've been subjected to 200000 articles about a cartridge that's been around 117 years and constantly compared to a kissing cousin - it's easy to become rather bored and look to something else, even if "something else" isn't materially better. It just needs to be different.
It's like hot rods - oh, you have a 69 Camaro with an LS swap? Wow - I got 4 cousins with the same damn thing and the dude down the street, he's got one - it's like belly buttons. Show me something new - doesn't have to be better but be different. Stop reading the articles. They've been saying the same damn shyt over and over for decades anyway.
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I have mentioned here before, and I still believe, the way a cartridge sounds when it's pronounced has more than anything else to do with it's popularity. For every popular cartridge out there, there will be one or more at least as good or arguably better that flopped or, at least, is significantly less popular just for the way the name rolls off the tongue. OK, I can roll with that for a ways...ummm, Kropatchek? Vergueiro? Capstick rolls nicely...perhaps the Peterlongo is a bit much in English context. I don't put much stock in that theory. 6.5 Creedmoor sounds dumb as hell yet look where it is. Hell, most folks don't even know how they should pronounce that, much less spell it.
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Being a short action, chambered in almost every rifle made. Can find ammo almost anyplace in the world. It kills better than it should, not bad on recoil. Well it wont kick you out from under your hat. It's fun to shoot, fun to hunt with, yes we are talking about the .308 Winchester.
If you don't have one, you should get yourself one. I believe you'll be glad you did.
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I have mentioned here before, and I still believe, the way a cartridge sounds when it's pronounced has more than anything else to do with it's popularity. For every popular cartridge out there, there will be one or more at least as good or arguably better that flopped or, at least, is significantly less popular just for the way the name rolls off the tongue. I do like the way the European rounds are named. Seven by fifty seven, seven by sixty four, six point five by fifty five etc. They do tend to flow off the tongue. Apart from the poetry in the names, it is a damn sensible way to name cartridges. I think another factor in a cool cartridge is when no one else has one lol. I've just been trying some loads in my rebarreled 6.5x57. Now it won't do anything that my 6.5x55 and 7x57 won't do but..........................................no one else has one. 
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I have copies of "Cartridges of the World" editions 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th.
The 16th edition came out in 2019.
I'll bet there are lots of new exciting cartridges in the 16th edition.
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Exciting Cartridges are those that have all of the following:
3500 FPS with 11 different powders
.2 (5) shot groups with 11 different powders
150 grain bullet @ 3500 FPS with 10 lbs of recoil from a 7.5 lb gun
Barrel life like a 22 LR
Shoots .2 groups from a 2 to a 20 twist barrel
Nahhh, that would be boring!!
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Being a short action, chambered in almost every rifle made. Can find ammo almost anyplace in the world. It kills better than it should, not bad on recoil. Well it wont kick you out from under your hat. It's fun to shoot, fun to hunt with, yes we are talking about the .308 Winchester.
If you don't have one, you should get yourself one. I believe you'll be glad you did. Oh, you mean a .30-06 Short. :-)
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Does it shoot accurately in your rifle?
Does it kill what you shoot with it?
If the answer is yes--- it is exiting
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How is it possible to get 'excited' about an inanimate object, made of brass, powder, primer, and a bullet?
New cartridges get popular, initially by masterful hype by the ammo and rifle manufacturers, and then by gunwriters, gushing endlessly about magical ballistics, and rushing to be the 'first' to take game with the new cartridge, in order to be able to write about its fabulous results, and how the slain game burped and bubbled blood for minutes from the fatal wound.
If, in fact, folks get 'excited' by calibers, they are easily amused and entertained.
Now- a beautiful woman, who has money to burn and is willing to let you spend it, and who lives on a big ranch in Montana loaded with game, is something to get excited about.
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I'd imagine a case full of nitro would make a rifle exciting.
I prefer classic.
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I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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What makes a rifle exciting? I'd say mixing pistol powder with the rifle powder should do the trick.
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A guy in my hunting club once had a smith who mistakenly installed the wrong sized brake (smaller caliber brake) on a 338 win mag. Things got really exciting!
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Being a short action, chambered in almost every rifle made. Can find ammo almost anyplace in the world. It kills better than it should, not bad on recoil. Well it wont kick you out from under your hat. It's fun to shoot, fun to hunt with, yes we are talking about the .308 Winchester.
If you don't have one, you should get yourself one. I believe you'll be glad you did. Another note I forgot to add: Actions. I'm sure there is an action in this cartridge to fit everyone's liking. Take care
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my grandson shooting his new Red Rider BB gun i gave him he is 8 years old
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my grandson shooting his new Red Rider BB gun i gave him he is 8 years old I think everyone likes a Red Rider BB gun. I know I like them.
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I just had to tune in to see what a cartridege was....
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