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JWALL,

In the past 25 years, I'd say powders have improved more than bullets. I know a lot of people think many of today's bullets are vast improvements, but I've used most of today's premoium bullets and still don't see any magic improvement over the Nosler Partition in how well they kill big game.

Actually, the big improvement I've seen is in varmint bullets. They're more accurate, fly flatter and open more violently than the standard soft-point and hollow-point bullets we used to use.

The bigbest improvement in powders is in temperature-resistance, though some powders also provide a little more zip as well. Many of today's powders burn a lot cleaner as well, and even include anti-coppering agents.

Scopes are much better overall. Twenty-five years ago the scopes with the best optics and adjustments often weren't truly waterproof, or very rugged. The toughest scopes often didn't have the best optics or great adjustments. Today we have many great combinations of optics, adjustments and toughness.

With today's powder and bullets the 7x57 Mauser is still one of the top choices. IMO the 7mm-08 is almost the same wine in a different bottle. It must to tough to be a gunwriter and talk the new stuff up when it is just the same old gal with a new dress.
whelennut (9x57)

M D: THANKS, I feel we are the beneficiaries of many things too.
I believe that many firearms are improved as well. Not every improvement is better tho, some SAFETIES for example.

Now we have a new thread going about N Ps and I agree that they are hard to beat. I prefer their action to the smaller frontal opening area of some others.

THANKS to your thread about getting the most out of the 06, I have a renewed interest in loading and hunting the 06. It's been a long time since I did any new loading or hunting w/ the 06 and I'm actually looking forward to next year.

We ordinary joes can learn a lot from you gun writers since you have much more access in the industry than we. Sometimes we don't learn from abstracts, we must attend the school of hard knocks. go figure! !

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

JWALL
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Just Deaf in Left Ear.