For your information I'm a professional hunter/agent for a government agency. I'm also a trained scientist.I shootfor a living. Sorry if I'm not a back-woods hill-billy, sorry it seems you value that more than logic.
I was surprised to read that from the statements you havemade...
You flat out said a 308 has less recoil than a 7-08
You couldn't figure out why folks were compareing lighter bullets in the 7 compared to the 30
And you seem to discount anyones opinion if it doesn't agree with yours...
I could go on, but those points alone just don't fit in with a "trained scientist" who is suposed to be trained to have an open mind. As for the bullet weight differences, you'd never have to wonder about that if you knew what a bullets "SD" has to do with it's performance... Also, a trained scientist that can't figure out the math of recoil between two different calibers????
And now, on top of all that, you even think "practical experience" has little no value either!!
Dang, i've met some scientist, and none of them were as wishy washy with there answers as you are, UNLESS they were talking waaaay out of there field of expertise!
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