It's certainly changed in the last 6 years. I noticed a change after "A River Runs Through It" came out in 92', and then after 9/11 too.
Here's a pic of my dad taken in 1949 sitting on top of a P51 that was parked on the green at MSU after the war. Not sure what the look on his face means, but...
KISS - 22/250 and 270 Win. I doubt there's a better Western combo - that pair smells of sage brush and tall timber. The 22-250 up through deer, and the 270 for elk and bigger.
You don't say what 6.5 you have, but you could do that and the 22/250 as well. Ditto a 308 and 22/250. But in my mind...
In some ways this reminds me of the dismantling of Montana Power that the Republicans spearheaded in the 90's - all with legislation written and handed to them by Enron.
Every SA M700 I've used that was originally chambered for the WSM, or was repurposed for a WSM, fed like chit. The SAUM's were never great in the action, and the WSM's are noticeably worse (the WSM is longer and has a sharper shoulder). We obviously have a different idea of what good feeding is...
I've had 7 or 8 300 WSM's going back to 2001, and have taken antelope, deer, and elk with the cartridge (BTW, it's not a caliber, its a cartridge).
Like the 308 Win, the 300 WSM is an inherently accurate cartridge with its short, fat powder column and 35* shoulder. However, those same...
It was a bad joke - my apology. If you can't write a check for a light barrel due to shaking, it's probably also true that shooting a lighter barrel will not be easy given you can't write the check for it.
Again, a kind of crappy attempt at humor. My apology.
My father got his first flying lesson in an open cockpit Pietenpol Aircamper in 1943, then got his private pilots license in high school. After college, he went on to the air force and through fighter training, then flew the backcountry here in Montana, and eventually got hired by TWA, and flew...