ORIGINAL: ipscshooter
ORIGINAL: claydee
What is all the rage behind high velocity?
I think its that, from time to time, the cartridge and rifle manufacturing companies have to develop the newest, latest and greatest thing so that they can sell more guns and more ammo... And, in order to do that, they have to convince folks that cartridges like the .30-06, which have worked perfectly well for 100+ years, will just bounce off the side of the new genetically enhanced, kevlar skinned, super beasts that we now hunt.
From a practical standpoint, it's nothing but marketing. Anyone who thinks they need some super duper ultra magnum to kill a whitetail at normal hunting ranges is simply falling for a big pile of hype.