RE: Jeff Cooper
I think most of his gripes about the magnums is that he thinks a lot of hunters try to substitute power and velocity for marksmanship and hunting skills. That is the impression I have from reading his articals. In some cases I think he is right and in some I am sure thats not the case. There was a discussion on here sometime back where someone stated that he knew some hunters that brought bigger guns out hunting everytime they failed to get a quick kill even with poor shooting. I saw that many times when I quided deer and varmit hunters. A los of good expierenced shooters and hunters that I have hunted with have admitted to me that they shoot thier magnums very little at the range. They need some extra padding or recoil shields at the range to become real familar with thier rifles. Nobody I know wants to set at the table and get pounded for hours.