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LONG LIVE THE KING

f you look at the most recent cartridge designs, the 60-year-old .300 Winchester Magnum is the antithesis of modern trends. It’s belted, has a neck considerably less than one caliber in length, and it functions in a long-action receiver… yet the engineers moved the shoulder forward to increase case capacity. This last feature certainly allowed more room for powder, but it preclude the use of long, sleek bullets that have proven to give the best downrange results. These new bullets possess ogives so long that they can’t be seated in the .300’s case and still fit in the

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