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<blockquote data-quote="littlebighorn" data-source="post: 1844623" data-attributes="member: 112108"><p>The funny thing about having an opinion that differs from someone else is, you can sometimes be accused of being arrogant, if you stick with what you believe. We all have our own biases, mostly fed by our personal experience. Obviously Jack had great success and experience with his beloved 270, and thus he stuck by it. I've also read enough of his writing to know that he gave every caliber it's due good press, and he gave the 280 and 7mags plenty of credit and praise for their strengths.</p><p>Unlike us, those writers of old didn't have access to the chronographs, data, and thousands of self proclaimed experts to bounce their ideas off of, and so they wrote what they knew from what they had.</p><p>It would be ludicrous to not acknowledge that we are light years ahead of "the old geezers" when it comes to our readily accessible understanding of the shooting game, but I for one am not willing to discredit the value of the experience and understanding of their day.</p><p>I 100% agree that most of us find more value in these forums, than we do from a one man opinion on any page, anywhere. But I'm not willing to throw "gun writers" (especially the old ones) under the bus for not trying their best to give us good information.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="littlebighorn, post: 1844623, member: 112108"] The funny thing about having an opinion that differs from someone else is, you can sometimes be accused of being arrogant, if you stick with what you believe. We all have our own biases, mostly fed by our personal experience. Obviously Jack had great success and experience with his beloved 270, and thus he stuck by it. I've also read enough of his writing to know that he gave every caliber it's due good press, and he gave the 280 and 7mags plenty of credit and praise for their strengths. Unlike us, those writers of old didn't have access to the chronographs, data, and thousands of self proclaimed experts to bounce their ideas off of, and so they wrote what they knew from what they had. It would be ludicrous to not acknowledge that we are light years ahead of "the old geezers" when it comes to our readily accessible understanding of the shooting game, but I for one am not willing to discredit the value of the experience and understanding of their day. I 100% agree that most of us find more value in these forums, than we do from a one man opinion on any page, anywhere. But I'm not willing to throw "gun writers" (especially the old ones) under the bus for not trying their best to give us good information.:):) [/QUOTE]
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