I was on that last train to Clarksville.
Most over rated rifle cartridge
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Lonesome Dove
A man of vision but with no mission.
Remember the 6.8 spc? It was the WTF were you thinking cartridge.
Lonesome Dove
A man of vision but with no mission.
It had a ton of followers and the Military was part of that but someone a bit higher knew it wasn't what they needed. Anyway Next!
Darqhelmet
You had one job, one.
seeker_two
My posts don't count....
Close-range work that could be accomplished as well with a .45ACP....*yawn*
This seems as credible as Garand Thumb's science degree....
When did we go from guns to small Injun repair?....
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Hold my beer !
I can well recall back when the “smaller/faster” mania was on across Texas back in the 1950’s.
It was said that the .222 was “perfect” for Central Texas whitetail. It had just been a varmint round until then. In fact, it was hailed as replacement for the once common .30 Carbine for Texas deer hunters.
Then, b/c the newer recruits couldn’t actually hit anything using a rifle; the NATO geniuses decided that troops had to carry a lot more ammo and needed a lighter round; here came 5.56.
The parallels in Texas were re-relegation of the .222 to prairie dogs & coyotes, b/c just too many solidly-hit deer were waling off to die hidden.
But, soon the revived hopped-up .222, then re-christened “5.56” was the answer.
Some of this was the sudden availability of mil-spec ammo at good prices.
By the time of “Stoner” universality for our militaries; the sub-.243 Win rounds were quietly being replaced by old favorites; from 30-30, 30-06, .308, & .243 Win.
So, Yawn, I’m seeing reruns now. In 50 years, our Grandkids will be saying “What was a blackout” or a .30WSM, or a Grendel ? While hunting with their .243’s & .308’s.
leVieux
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Hold my beer !
I can well recall back when the “smaller/faster” mania was on across Texas back in the 1950’s.
It was said that the .222 was “perfect” for Central Texas whitetail. It had just been a varmint round until then. In fact, it was hailed as replacement for the once common .30 Carbine for Texas deer hunters.
Then, b/c the newer recruits couldn’t actually hit anything using a rifle; the NATO geniuses decided that troops had to carry a lot more ammo and needed a lighter round; here came 5.56.
The parallels in Texas were re-relegation of the .222 to prairie dogs & coyotes, b/c just too many solidly-hit deer were waling off to die hidden.
But, soon the revived hopped-up .222, then re-christened “5.56” was the answer.
Some of this was the sudden availability of mil-spec ammo at good prices.
By the time of “Stoner” universality for our militaries; the sub-.243 Win rounds were quietly being replaced by old favorites; from 30-30, 30-06, .308, & .243 Win.
So, Yawn, I’m seeing reruns now. In 50 years, our Grandkids will be saying “What was a blackout” or a .30WSM, or a Grendel ? While hunting with their .243’s & .308’s.
leVieux
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.223, pip squeak, people use it for deer, too weak.
