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What really makes it a magnum?
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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 681213" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>Being useful, vesitile, and moderate cost are what makes a cartridge long lasting. The 22LR and the 45-70 are around 150 years old. The 30-06 and 30-30 are over 100 years old and still very popular. Many decent cartridges have fallen by the wayside. In some cases the gun that fired them was more important than the cartridge itself. I consder the Win 94 lever rifle the main reason the 30-30 survived while many rifles handle the 30-06 well. </p><p></p><p>As to what's a "magnum" it just marketing hype and nothing else.. Consider that the 256 Winchester Magnum only has 22 grains case capacity though it has more pressure and slightly more case capacity than the 25-20 which it competed against for sales when it was introduced in 1960. The 50 BMG which I've never heard called a "magnum" has 300 grains case capacity and is the largest and most powerful cartridge commonly in use by civilian shooters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 681213, member: 9253"] Being useful, vesitile, and moderate cost are what makes a cartridge long lasting. The 22LR and the 45-70 are around 150 years old. The 30-06 and 30-30 are over 100 years old and still very popular. Many decent cartridges have fallen by the wayside. In some cases the gun that fired them was more important than the cartridge itself. I consder the Win 94 lever rifle the main reason the 30-30 survived while many rifles handle the 30-06 well. As to what's a "magnum" it just marketing hype and nothing else.. Consider that the 256 Winchester Magnum only has 22 grains case capacity though it has more pressure and slightly more case capacity than the 25-20 which it competed against for sales when it was introduced in 1960. The 50 BMG which I've never heard called a "magnum" has 300 grains case capacity and is the largest and most powerful cartridge commonly in use by civilian shooters. [/QUOTE]
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