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Hi All,

Found a little article I thought some of you might enjoy.

http://www.huntontario.com/articles/three-amigos/

Chris

Interesting read.

I would respectfully disagree on 2 points:

1. I believe that the 8mm Lebel was the first cartridge designed for smokeless powder, not the 30-30.

2. The 32 WS was chambered for many years in the Marlin 93/36/336 and I would not consider that family of rifles to be any "lesser" than the Winchester 1894/94 family.

Jeff

Cwereley...

Thank you for your kindness and your consideration of us all in posting the article for the benefit of those of us who frequent this form... I found it very interesting and informative.

From my knowledge and experience in reloading for over 40 years, I found that the .303 Savage cartridge is slightly superior (ballistically-speaking) to the .30/30 Winchester cartridge... it is surprising that the .303 Savage didn't become the more popular cartridge. Butttttttt... that's yet another "discussion", eh? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Again... thanx for posting the article...


Strength & Honor...

Ron T.

Cwereley Thanks for posting this article enjoyed reading it.
It would be good if other members refered us when they come
across stories that could be of interest to many.
Once again Thanks NC

Apparently the extra 20 grains of bullet weight made a difference, back before WWI the .303 was considered a pretty good moose cartridge in Maine.