No Magnums

[Vacrt2002]

I’ve not owned magnum rifles in a decade or so. I stop at 30-06 and prefer .264 and below. I shoot magnums just fine, but figured out that there ain’t much in the lower 48 that .243-.30 cal non magnum will not put down humanely. If Va legalizes .224 that all is use (fast twist and good bullets).

Anyone else done away with all magnums? It seems that classified ads here and there are littered with 7mm-338 mags for sale these days.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I have one I pull out from time to time but al my normal use rifles are non magnums.

 

[FLAK]

Love my: .300 Win Mag, .22mag., .357 mag, .44 mag.,
BUT I do hunt a lot with a .243.

 

[TBass]

I love to shoot... and to shoot a lot. Although, I have a couple of Mag's in the safe - my go to for long-range work is the ultra NON-sexy 260 Remington. Out to 1000 yards It can pretty much hang w/ the guys shootin' the big stuff.... and it's nice that the recoil is light enough that practically anyone can shoot it with out an issue.

 

[JollyRoger]

I have a 7mag that I like quite a bit.... but it rarely gets shot. For the price, ease of shooting, and more quality shots in a day, I much prefer smaller calibers. 6.5CM and 223 primarily for me.


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[Vacrt2002]

Love my: .300 Win Mag, .22mag., .357 mag, .44 mag.,
BUT I do hunt a lot with a .243.

Well if you put like that I do have a magnum: 22mag, 44mag SW and I like shooting them, just no Big Bang sticks.

 

[MidGAHunter]

Love my 300 WSM. I have non-magnums too but I like having at least one magnum in the stable.

 

[Savagehunter]

6.5 creed 6.5x284 and 26 nosler. Just got rid of my last 7mm mag traded for a 6.5 AR. recoil is for the birds.

 

[jfs82]

If you consider the 6.5 prc a magnum then I've got one, if not then nope.

 

[CApighunter]

Meh, I like magnums. I like standard chamberings too. Life is too short to have a safe full of duplicates.

 

[16Bore]

Drop is physics, wind is voodoo. The rest doesn’t matter for shit.

 

[hodgeman]

"Magnum" is a marketing term.

There's a lot of "magnum" cartridges that don't offer anything special and lot of "non-magnum" cartridges that are definitely high performance in the great scheme of things.

I talked to a guy who was knocking "magnums" the other day...he shoots a 30 Nosler!

 

[Jardo]

I have a 300 weatherby mag (stays int the safe for the most part), 300 win mag for 1000 + yard steel and occasional long distance elk, a 44 mag, and a 22 mag.

My 280 ai’s ballistics match up or outperform a 7mm mag so the deer, elk, pigs, goats, and sheep I’ve killed with it don’t know it’s not a mag.


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[Wapiti1]

I'm in the define magnum camp. Is a 25-06 a magnum .257 Roberts or .250-3000 Savage? Is the 280 a magnum 7mm-08? Would the 30-06 be a magnum .308?

When I hear these comments, I usually just accept that the individual doesn't like recoil, so they shoot mild cartridges.

Jeremy

 

[zion zig zag]

My 280 ai’s ballistics match up or outperform a 7mm mag so the deer, elk, pigs, goats, and sheep I’ve killed with it don’t know it’s not a mag.


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And your shoulder probably can't tell the difference either!

 

[Vacrt2002]

If the cartridge is named “magnum” it’s a magnum. 3006 is not a mag .308, but 30-378 is. The 30-378 won’t make anything deader than 3006.

I don’t see recoil as the issue, I don’t see the Mag niche now with all the great bullets available. Bullets matter more than volume of powder and velocity of bullets.

 

[DangerRanger]

I like shooting my magnum?

Hell im itching to get into actual big bores.

 

[Boiler]

I do almost all my hunting with either a 7, 300, or 338 mag. I just really like em!

 

[mtnwrunner]

Drop is physics, wind is voodoo. The rest doesn’t matter for shit.

That should be a bumper sticker.

Randy

 

[Rob5589]

Purely a guess, "magnum" was/is likely a marketing tool. Plenty of "non magnums" that can out perform "magnums."