if you have not shot a new short mag then you have no idea why people are buying these new guns.for one thing the bolt pull is almost an inch shorter resulting in faster reloading.two the recoil is much less than that of the standard magnums.so much less that my wife will shoot my dads 300 short mag but not my 7mm rem mag.that is why people buy them and if you would read the articles in the magazines you would know this!