204 AR
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Originally Posted By: GMAN_RThey have been saying this same thing for generations. Probably been true for the most part too!
True enough right there.
Actually, it all makes sense to me. To a large degree the change from lighter, faster bullets to longer heavier bullets is due to advancements in range finding technology. In the past you needed a flat short range trajectory because any kind of ranging was more or less a guess. And after about 300 yards it was a bit of a stunt to shoot at game.
Now we can tell to the yard how far something is with the push of a button. And dial scopes with precision in the field. The long sleek bullets make hits in the field much more predictable when ranges get long. And barrels need to be twisted correctly for those bullets. And as much as I love the 243 Win, you can't just stuff a 115 gr dtac in a 243 case and call it good, because joe hunter would buy it and try to use it in his model 70 with a 10 twist and it aint gonna work lol. So a new cartridge is born with rifles made for the new bullets.
Make sense now?
True enough right there.
Actually, it all makes sense to me. To a large degree the change from lighter, faster bullets to longer heavier bullets is due to advancements in range finding technology. In the past you needed a flat short range trajectory because any kind of ranging was more or less a guess. And after about 300 yards it was a bit of a stunt to shoot at game.
Now we can tell to the yard how far something is with the push of a button. And dial scopes with precision in the field. The long sleek bullets make hits in the field much more predictable when ranges get long. And barrels need to be twisted correctly for those bullets. And as much as I love the 243 Win, you can't just stuff a 115 gr dtac in a 243 case and call it good, because joe hunter would buy it and try to use it in his model 70 with a 10 twist and it aint gonna work lol. So a new cartridge is born with rifles made for the new bullets.
Make sense now?