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I am not much on new fandangled anything. There are so many good older cartridges, why do it? Particularly if you don't see any advantage other than having a shiny new blah. When a cartridge line is described as being "as accurate as a 25-06" or "as flat shooting as a 270" then why wouldn't I buy a 25-06 or a 270?
STW cartridges have been around a long time, and they have fans, the short lines have been around a short time and have fans. The companies don't drop them due to lagging sales, they drop them so they can move on the the next ultra mega super short wide long magnum to sell more guns in new actions and new calibers. There are VERY popular calibers out there that are custom build custom load only, and there have always been fad calibers (219 zipper).
Again if I want something that shoots like a 30-30, 308, 30-06, 270, 243, 25-06, 223, 222, 45-70 then THATS the caliber I will buy. Why? Because in ten years I don't have to pay premium prices (I mean above and beyond what we pay anyway) for components to load my calibers because they ARENT oddball stuff. If I am going to shoot something oddball it will be something that likes cast lead and black powder.
Shoot what turns you on and don't worry about if it is around tomorrow, but don't whine when you buy something that disappears and has absolutely no way to form a case from something else.
That's my 2 cents.
GoodOlBoy
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