ORIGINAL: leow
WOW, i learned alot about the 300 mag, I love the 243, and the magnums are overrated. If i could only own one gun it would probably be the 300 mag, but who only owns one gun. I'm talking about hunting deer. Some of us should learn to hunt, so shots over 300 yeards don't happen.
Its not that the magnums are overrated, its just, the average hunter, doesn't need them, 99.9% of hunters hunt in conditions, in which, the longest shot doesn't exceed 100 yards, magnums, were designed for long range shooting, 400+ yard shots, and quite frankly, all of the magnums I have ever owned, peform superbly at long range, and will drop a deer in his tracks, at ranges under 100 yards. Magnums, are very deadly, as a long range weapon, in the right hands. But, some people just don't enjoy the thunder, or the recoil that they generate.