ORIGINAL: James B
Killing power? The power to kill something? Does a 300 Win Mag kill a deer deader than a 30-06? In that case should we all use the 50 BMG because it should ,by your standard kill better than a 338 Magnum. If the ballistics are far superior does this mean that enough can never be enough and we should always strive for more and more power? Should we double the performance of the 300 RUM? That would make it twice as good? We will soon have hunting guns that can not be shoulder fired? I wonder if all the game killed with the 270, 300 Savage, 30-30 and 257 Roberts will come back to life and kick H*#* out of my freezer.
With this kind of reasoning cops should still carry 32 police specials, but thy don't, they carry glock 40's and 45's. I can only pull 65lbs on my bow, but I'm working hard to reach 70 because I know my bow will perform better at the higher poundage. Yea, I know 65 will still kill 'em dead, and dead is dead, but I still want the higher poundage. I shoot a magnum because I suck at tracking because I'm color blind, and becauseI just want to.
I don't understand why some people shoot both or some shoot either one and could care less what other folks are shooting. And then there's the people that just have to chime in everytime they get a chance and say how unnecessary magnums are. To each his own, shoot what you shoot best.
