I pretty much feel the same about how you do. Most Magnum class cartridges are really not necessary for most situations. For years, animals were being killed with "standard" calibers that are not even being considered for hunting by a lot of people when in the past, almost everyone would use that peticular caliber for what game was at hand. Of course time has changed, and people want something new. Making a new "standard" cartridge would simply make no sense, and certainly making one that goes slower would not make any sense at all. People have to make money selling firearms. If a person has that old .30-06 sitting in the closet and no one comes up with something new to buy, then the gun market shuts down, because that hunter has no real reason to buy a new cartridge. I currently shoot a .30-06 for big game, and feel confident taking most animals on this continent. Get into the big bears, or even moose, and I would feel much more confident with a more powerful cartridge up to about maybe the .338 WM or similar. I do however feel that the super magnums are really unnecessary simply because it gives people a false sense of security when shooting at distant game. They feel that they can make a longer shot than they really can, and end up making a lot of noise and losing the animal, when a lesser cartridge would have done the job just as well.

Well, hope I didn't bore every one, just an issue that I think about from time to time also, but don't get to talk about very much.