Originally Posted By: Sam Roffe
I'm no hunter so this is probably a silly question. Why would you use a big game rifle to shoot a squirrel, or other vermin?



Sam, some hunters only have one rifle. This ammo was made in the most popular calibers & allowed shooters to effectively turn their hunting rifle into a high speed varmint rifle w/ just a change in ammunition & scope adjustment.

Your Grandfather's 30-06 went from shooting a 180 elk bullet @ 2700 feet per second, to sending a saboted 55 grain bullet downrange @ 4000+ fps.


This was pretty remarkable for the non-reloader, good concept I think.


c/22
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