Greatest Cartridges of All Time

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In addition, for more than four decades, I have earned at least a part of my living writing about shooting, hunting, and firearms. I also spent twenty-six years wearing a US Army uniform as a professional soldier.

In that time, I’ve shot just about every commercially available cartridge at least a few times. Those that I’ve not personally fired, I’ve generally witnessed them in action, either on the range or in the field.

The smallest I’ve shot is the.17 rimfire, and the largest, a .600 Nitro Express. I have never known anyone that owned a.700 NE, and the last time I had any information on the subject a single round of.700 ammo was $100.00 or more. I’ll leave that one to one of the youngsters in the business.

I have learned a few things in my seven-decade shooting career so far. One is that shooters are a finicky lot with a strong tendency to pick a lot of nits.

The truth be told, practically speaking that is, we have at least ten or fifteen times the number of cartridges available that any reasonably sane person could possibly justify needing. However, since when does NEED enter into the decision making process. The fact that one wants some off-the-wall, ten-times duplicated cartridge is enough justification. If need was the determining factor, most of the rifle and ammunition manufacturers would have gone out of business eons ago.

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