I was flipping through the pages of 7th Edition of Hornady Reloading manual and downed upon me - they had some cool cartridges figured out back in 19th century:
6.5x55 Swede - est. 1891
7x57 Mauser - est. 1893
7.5x55 Swiss - est. 1889
And then I realized that 20th century was spent playing musical chairs with those three - move one bullet into another case, stretch it, trim it - repeat! And what do we have? - hundreds and hundreds of cartridges that claim to be the best at X, but none really doing anything better or different than the almost forgotten originals. We now have long and short action - 51mm or 63mm. Doesn't it make sense to just make a 57mm - best of the both worlds, right? And then you realize that you came up with solution to a problem that should have never existed!
Ok, ok, belted magnums didn't get made till 20th century ... 1910 I believe. But weren't all magnum requirement filled in 1873 with 45-70?
Ok, ok - centerfire varmint rounds didn't really take off till mid 20th century, but can we really compare any of them to the varmint king - 22LR made in 1887?
/rant off
I probably should get more sleep, but love to hear input!
6.5x55 Swede - est. 1891
7x57 Mauser - est. 1893
7.5x55 Swiss - est. 1889
And then I realized that 20th century was spent playing musical chairs with those three - move one bullet into another case, stretch it, trim it - repeat! And what do we have? - hundreds and hundreds of cartridges that claim to be the best at X, but none really doing anything better or different than the almost forgotten originals. We now have long and short action - 51mm or 63mm. Doesn't it make sense to just make a 57mm - best of the both worlds, right? And then you realize that you came up with solution to a problem that should have never existed!
Ok, ok, belted magnums didn't get made till 20th century ... 1910 I believe. But weren't all magnum requirement filled in 1873 with 45-70?
Ok, ok - centerfire varmint rounds didn't really take off till mid 20th century, but can we really compare any of them to the varmint king - 22LR made in 1887?
/rant off
I probably should get more sleep, but love to hear input!