There is no reason to buy a short mag unless you are going to use a short action rifle, they were designed to go into conpact guns. The short mags a inherntly less acurate. Yeah I know what some of you read. If winchester is paying you to write an article you'll say it shoots well. Go with the .300 win. Very few of the short mags are going to be around much longer. The .325 .300 and maybe the .270 shorts my make it. Winchester was grasping at straws trying to save te comp. instead of improving the rifles they came out with a bunch of new cartriges. And don't believe the hype about less recoil physics stay the same period. Also point in case some manufacturers have stopped making there guns in short mags.