Originally Posted By: VarminterrorGod bless America... The land of the freedom of speech and the land where the easiest way to ensure "hits" is to write something that you know will p!ss someone off, rather than creating something genuinely interesting...
There's a lot of humor in it to me - what he has said about the lack of importance of the velocity advantage of the 300wby and the 220swift over the 300wm and the 22-250, respectively, he's touted as the killing blow to the 458win mag and the 223rem as compared to the 458 Lott and the 22-250, again, respectively. C'mon man, either 200fps means something or it doesn't.
I did particularly find the 458win mag section humorous. Written well enough - a pogo stick on a reloading press? - eh, I can give him credit for trying to entertain at least, but frankly, it alludes that he hasn't reloaded for the 458win mag at least in the last 20yrs. I was one of the folks that bought a 458win mag and thought I needed something more, then reamed it out to 458Lott, and really wasn't very impressed by it, then went back to the Win Mag. Then again, I suppose it's worth commenting that I'm more of a 416 fan (Rigby, Ruger, Rem, in that order) than a 458 fan, but I still love my big bores (so funny to call a 416 a "mid bore").
I gotta agree with pretty much all of this.
We pretty much have velocity selections in each bullet diameter to suit our personal needs or tastes. What's bad about that? Or, for the larger bore sizes, the ability to drive a heavier bullet at similar velocities than a smaller case with the same bore. And again, what is bad about that?
On the 458wm, it seems he never graduated beyond IMR 3013, never tried H4895 or the 458wm king, AA2230. [And probably never loaded and shot a Lott to full potential either!]
I reload the 458wm to 2135fps in my double rifle, a platform which limits load selection because of the need to load to match a double rifle's regulation - the relationship of the barrels to each other, which is set for one original load, though others most often can be found with some trial and error. Personally, I find the 458wm, 500grs @ 2135fps out of a 10 1/2lb rifle, about all of the recoil I want, and it is a true stopping cartridge. My load is not near manual max and provides a heavier bullet - 500grs vs. 480grs, at equal or greater actual velocity thanf rifles in the grand father of all stopping cartridges, the 450NE 3 1/4". [Nominal velocity of the 450 NE 3 1/4" is 2150, but out of a 28" barrel. Typical barrels range from 24-26", though 28" barrels are occasionally seen.]
I don't care for a couple of the other cartridges the writer lists, but that is just immaterial as [beeep], they may suit another shooter perfectly.
JPK