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Whenever a new rifle cartridge is introduced, many hunters and shooters will claim we don’t need it. They’ll say things like, “It is an answer to a question no one was asking.” or “No thanks, I’ll stick to my .30-06.” This is a symptom of neophobia, the fear of anything new. The condition is a lack of exploratory drive systematically observed in aging and is thought to be due, neurophysiologically, to the dysfunction of neural pathways connected to the prefrontal cortex. It is also known as grouchy old man syndrome.

Back when current grouchy old men were young and not grouchy, the notion of having