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03-05-2010, 10:58 AM
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by the way for those at home the 30-06 was finalized in 1906.
the 300 WSM was introduced in 2001. Don't think that makes the 30-06 count a new fangled caliber for the discussion at hand. I believe we can discount anything over 50 years old as no longer being new fangled. GoodOlBoy
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03-05-2010, 11:41 AM
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Newfangled ol rifles
Actually I have a few Maganumbs. And one or two is Newfangled or thereabouts. Have a 300 Win Mag a 300H&H a 257 Weatherby mag..oh and an oldfangled 375H&H. Not scared to shoot'em or anything just don't have much use for these new maganumbs with the short fat body and the shorter action(by a whole half inch. To get the higher velocities they holler so loudly about they work at much higher pressures to get a whole(maybe 100 FPS) more than say a 300 Win mag. Then they tout the short action with the shorter bolt throw..like you actually notice it. Sure they do. 2 ounces and a half inch.
 wow. The thing I like about the Kimber isi it is a really nice remake of the pre64 Winchester 70 rifle. Better fitting and steels. And did i say they are pretty?? Notwithstanding I actually enjoy shooting most of them. The only one I haven't included is an old Weatherby 300 built on a flat top Mauser action. MAde in the 50's sometime when Weatherby got actions wherever they could. That thing is the nastiest shootin gun I have ever shot. Specially for its size. Muledeer I also have a Barrett 50. One of the older semi auto's. Bought a few years back from a DEA agent. It was probably a confiscation. I didn't ask as the price was right. He actually had a couple IIRC. and a bunch of other guns. Some I actually wanted..badly. But he didn't want to sell darn it. He had one of them German MP 40s or whatevers. Ugly but..neat at the same time. I probably couldn't afford to shoot it anyway...  My father in law said he captured one or two of them in the late lamented WWII. he said he shot a few rounds out of it.. Said everybody shot at him. It had a distinctive sound...or so he said.
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03-05-2010, 04:19 PM
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skeet
Well have you decided yet? Will you (do you) have an opportunity to fire the Kimber before you purchase? You have some stout calibers in your locker. I don't think a 300WSM will rattle you at all.
muledeer
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