The win. short mag. chamberings are too popular to die. I've been shooting for 40 years and reading almost everthing written about guns most of my life and I've never seen anything excite shooters and hunters as quickly as the various short magnums have. Although I have no first hand experience with any of them I can see the benefits they could provide.I do wonder what good an increased powder capacity would be in a barrel only 16-18 ins. long. Common sense would dictate that you can only burn a given ammount of powder in a short barrel, the rest would be wasted. And that brings me to my next question, have any of you tried the 338 Federal. I don't know exactly what my feelings are with this round. Is it the best thing since sliced bread or is it worthless.What do you think guys!