RE: Magnum haters?
I am by no means a magnum hater as I have a couple myself andI love to shoot and hunt with them.
However I see the same scenario all the time. Someone comes into the store andwants a new deer rifle or is buying a son their first deer rifle. Keep in mind that I am in Florida and a 160 pound deer is pretty danggood size. I suggest a .243, .308, 7mm-08, .270 or something similarand I get to hear the stories of how the________ cartridge (usully the .243 or .270)is crap and does nothing but wound deerand they want something with more "knock down power". They have seen too many deer not found because of the _____. So they end up buying a magnum of some kind, usually a 7mm or .300, and off to the woods they go. I think about how they can't shoot a .243 or .270 accurately but theybuy a .300in an attempt to make up for their lack of shooting ability whether they know it or not.