Just reloaded some .218 Bee the other night, such a cute little guy. Makes you feel like a real penny pincher dumping all of 11 grains of H110 into that case when a guy is used to over 100 grains a throw! But it sure is easier seating a 470 bullet!
I live in Ohio. For years all you could use were muzzleloader and shotguns with the old Foster type slugs and eventually straight walled cartridges in handguns. The reasoning being safety. Projectiles with limited range in a densely populated state. The advent of sabots in muzzleloader and rifled shotgun barrels extended the range.
Ah , excellent cartridge for Chinkara and 4 horned buck . It brings many fond memories to my mind , Bull thrower 338 . Is your rifle a Winchester Model 65 ?
Hi Major
Just to add to your answer, most of these states are also very flat as well. I live just across the border from Ohio in PA where we can use rifles. It’s not uncommon at all for houses to be accidentally shot during rifle season.
I have to wonder the exact same thing every time new cartridges come out. It’s amazing what some good marketing can do for a couple years good examples being Remington ultra mags and WSMs.
I ha e often wondered why the 8 mm Remington magnum ... Never quite caught on , in terms of popularity ... 375Fox .
I would have to say bullet selection. The 338 was loaded with choices, the 8 mm not so much. I have a couple 8 Rem Mags and think it is a wonderful cartridge, absolutely a hammer on elk!
When it comes to accuracy, they shoot minute of paper plate but what the hell, that's good enough for most game animals.
I think a lot of a cartridge’s staying power really depends on the ability to get multiple rifle manufacturers to actually produce the rifle quickly after the cartridge comes out. I really dislike using this example because I think this cartridge has been so overblown, but you can get the 6.5 creedmore from most any rifle manufacturer allowing its popularity to grow. The 375 Ruger’s popularity is always going to be capped because not enough rifle manufacturers actually make it, even though it’s a good cartridge. From what I see the only quality rifle manufacturer to produce it is Ruger not Winchester, Sako, Kimber or other typical go to manufacturers for a dangerous game rifle. I think most people buy for the rifle then choose the cartridge they want from that, not cartridge then rifle.
