You might have a point if a guy was hunting paper. You won't see those calbers in pawn shops because they are to good to get rid of. I don't care what percent handload or don't so why they hell would that matter to me. I don't handi-cap myself by sticking to factory loads. When I can improve a load by hand loading it then of course I will hand load it. I have had every bit as good results with the 222 and 223 as I have with the 243 so I quess tome that is not a stupid statement. If the 243 is so great, why do you use the 22 hornet? You will find that the 250 Savage and 257 Roberts have their followers and for very good reason. Its guys that didn't jump on the WW marketing of the 243.