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<blockquote data-quote="Gideon Brett" data-source="post: 1444116" data-attributes="member: 102854"><p>I have seen a big change in the battery over the years. I am, once again, trying to pare it down to 4 purpose driven hunting rifles. The hateful, but unavoidable, fact that I have become more sensitive to recoil and less able to hoof the hills after crossing the 65th annum, has weighed just as heavily as terminal ballistics and absolute accuracy. If you still have the ability, keep the criteria on the heavier side. Just know that it will be most helpful to start paring back down the power and weight scale without letting ego and bravado impair your real ability to get out there. Right now I am sitting on .222, 6PPC, .270 and .300 Win Mag. All shoot extremely well thanks to merciless culling and good smiths. All are heavier than I want to carry more than 2 miles uphill and all have longer barrels than work in any tight situation. My bench rifles are .223, 6PPC, .308 and .300 Win Mag which helps with the component inventory and load development. I may very well stay with these "Old School" tried and true cartridges, but the rifles must be trimmed. In short, cartridge selection is just 1 consideration and maybe not the most important. -GB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gideon Brett, post: 1444116, member: 102854"] I have seen a big change in the battery over the years. I am, once again, trying to pare it down to 4 purpose driven hunting rifles. The hateful, but unavoidable, fact that I have become more sensitive to recoil and less able to hoof the hills after crossing the 65th annum, has weighed just as heavily as terminal ballistics and absolute accuracy. If you still have the ability, keep the criteria on the heavier side. Just know that it will be most helpful to start paring back down the power and weight scale without letting ego and bravado impair your real ability to get out there. Right now I am sitting on .222, 6PPC, .270 and .300 Win Mag. All shoot extremely well thanks to merciless culling and good smiths. All are heavier than I want to carry more than 2 miles uphill and all have longer barrels than work in any tight situation. My bench rifles are .223, 6PPC, .308 and .300 Win Mag which helps with the component inventory and load development. I may very well stay with these "Old School" tried and true cartridges, but the rifles must be trimmed. In short, cartridge selection is just 1 consideration and maybe not the most important. -GB [/QUOTE]
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