In the previous column, I introduced which five ink cartridges I would bring if I was unfortunately limited to this number. Then I changed it a bit and named my top five rifle cartridges. Just to start some controversy, I will stab a group of old friends in the back (the cartridges I used in the past and are still in use) and throw them under the bus because it is completely unnecessary in the modern world. I own rifles, even pistols for every type and many people I still use, and will not give up soon, but they are still completely unnecessary. One of them is even one of my favorites and a lifelong hunting partner. My first choice is .222 Remington. Before it appeared, there were only small 0.22 Hornet and super fast .220 Swift on the commercial market for .22 caliber varmint shooters. .222 distinguishes the differences between them well and surpasses the two in terms of accuracy. The accuracy was so good that it was the undisputed king of the bench game until the PPC cartridge family permanently ended its rule about 30 years ago. Its obsolescence was caused by its little brother, who has the same offspring: 0.223 Remington. The slightly higher speed and spread of .223 as a 5.56x45mm NATO, as it is called in military terms, is doomed to a death of 0.222. Due to the longer neck length of 0.222, fans of 0.222 will tout its accuracy advantage over .223, but this difference is largely academic, and for all intents and purposes, 0.223 is equally accurate.

Next is .220 Swift. The .220 Swift, which has always been referred to as the "barrel burner", maintained stable sales during its heyday, but it never burned the sales chart like a barrel burned. This is a strange cartridge with a little edge on it because it is based on an old 6mm Lee-Navy military cartridge.

Part of its reputation comes from the fact that the cartridges and the rifles it contains are very effective at hitting small targets at relatively long distances, and their owners simply shot them multiple times. This tends to wear the barrel. Putting a lot of powder behind the relatively small holes also didn't help, but Winchester did wisely place stainless steel buckets on most of them, which helped their longevity. However, more than any other factor in the demise of the .220, Remington introduced the 22/250 named after themselves, although it is widely known as the .22 Varminter by the Wildcat (non-standard, factory-loaded cartridge) reloader. forever. The 22/250 Remington is almost as fast as the Swift, easier on the barrel, and generally more accurate. Personally, I think 22/250 can also be cancelled by using the .223 Ackley Modified or .222 Remington Magnum. Compared with the bigger and fatter boys mentioned above, these two cartridges are much more efficient. They are almost as fast, easier on the barrel and burn less powder to do this. Basically they get better fuel mileage. The debate about whether 0.243 Winchester or 6 mm Remington is better has been around for a long time, but it was actually settled decades ago. Remington introduced 6mm before Winchester joined the game. However, they made a huge mistake! First, the .244 Remington Big Green shell is rotated in a 12-inch barrel. This means that the bullet will make one revolution for every foot it travels. This slow twist only makes it suitable for bullets up to 85 to 90. This obstacle puts it in the varmint rifle category, not a dual-use varmint/large game rifle at all. Winchester used Remington's faux pas to shrink their .308 cartridge to the same bullet diameter, but they gave it a 1 inch 10 inch twist. Look! It is ready to be used in varmints and deer-sized games. People flocked to them and even gave up their old favorites in the .25 caliber series such as .257 Roberts. .243 Winchester wins; 6mm Remington is forgotten by history-not needed. My dear other cartridge is 250-3000 Savage. Designed by Charles Newton in 1915 and adopted by Savage in its Type 1899 and Type 20 barrels, it was the first commercially available cartridge to break the 3,000 feet per second barrier. Sadly, there is no reason for this ink cartridge to exist. .243 Will do everything we can and will only do better. I really believe that it has a slight advantage over .243 in terms of the "lethality" of large games, but I agree that this is probably just in my mind. 0.257 Roberts was killed by 25-06 Remington. Both should be installed in a long-moving rifle, and the .257 is just slower. Similarly, 25-06 was destroyed by 0.270 Winchester. This is very easy for me to accept because I "grew up" on .270 Winchester. For most of my childhood, the only shotguns my father owned were two .270 rifles, and they killed everything decisively! 25-06 There is nothing better than .270. The latter shoots flatter and has greater power in any range. Compare apples with apples, and you will find that this is true. Then the .280 Remington should be able to kick the .270 out of operation, and it can be done under a reasonable manual load. The problem is that the .280 was specifically introduced for Remington's pumps and automatic rifles. Therefore, it is loaded to a slightly lower pressure. Because of this, ammunition manufacturers are trapped by these pressure restrictions. This makes the .280 shortcomings that its larger bullet diameter and slightly longer shell cannot compensate. A wise and wise porter can safely increase the pressure to where it should be and beat the respectable 0.270. The .280 Ackley improvement cleverly bypasses these restrictions because it is a brand new cartridge whose legalizer (Northler) is free to set its own restrictions. .280 AI is now the darling of the 30-06-based cartridge series. 25-06, .270 and .280 no longer need to be present in the bolt-action rifle. The .300 Savage is an efficient cartridge that is ahead of the times, with its short, thick shell and very short neck. The 7.62x51mm NATO projectiles are the basis of the Winchester experiment; basically, they just lengthen the neck. When they called it the .308 Winchester and introduced it in their 70, 88, and 100 rifles in 1952, it began to wipe out the poor old .300 Savage. RIP I don't understand why 32 Winchester Special existed in the first place. This is a big mystery to me. Some people say that the rifling is deeper in the bore and can handle lead bullets well. I cannot follow this logic. Winchester never sells ammunition with cast lead bullets, nor does it engage in the sale of cast ammunition. The slightly larger diameter bullet does give it the slightest speed advantage, but it is not enough to attract attention under any circumstances. 30-30 has basically the same shell, and 32-40 already exists, in the same rifle, no less. 30-30 has killed its brother millions of times. Almost no one will miss it. Another incredible one is the 8mm Remington Magnum (Remington Magnum). They should probably neck it to 0.338 instead of the weird 8mm, because this diameter has never been popular here. This is basically a copy of the .340 Weatherby Magnum, but this would have been possible, because the .340 is only available in Mark V, which is out of reach of most hunters, and the Weatherby chamber is so strange that the traditional version is in a burden An affordable rifle will almost certainly succeed. However, back to 8 mm. It is touted as better than the .30 magnum...but it has never been! It kicked harder inexplicably, but it didn't have more power. Whether it is reloading or factory reloading, it cannot be compared with the shorter 300 Winchester Magnum. This is completely against logic, because 8 mm is longer and the bullet diameter is larger. Indeed, this is one of the biggest failures in the history of ink cartridges. Its only useful legacy is the necking down by one millimeter to create a 7mm STW. Two wild cats. 338 also died soon. Neither is necessary, and really provides anything that is not yet available. The first is 338-06, which is given legitimacy by Weatherby. It may be flatter than the established 35 Whelen and 9.3×62/64mms shooting, but buyers and users of these calibers don't really care about ballistics. As usual, by increasing the bullet diameter and maintaining the same pressure; 35 Whelen has more power, which is exactly what you are looking for when tightening the 30-06 housing. The next one is 338-08 Wildcat, launched by the Federal, and it says .338 Federal. For the same reason, this one is basically flat. .358 Winchester already exists, but it didn't really set the world on fire. In addition, it has an additional advantage, that is, it can handle .357 revolver bullets (not cartridges) for varmint. Let me tell you; they are really open! With the introduction of the .375 Ruger, Ruger killed one of the greatest cartridges of all time. A real magnum, it is about 100 feet/second higher than the 0.375 H&H Magnum in a shorter cartridge. However, it does play more for several reasons. One, faster. Increase speed, increase strength and increase recoil. Second, it is usually installed in a lighter rifle, mainly because of its shorter length and its modernity. The long and tapered H&H shell also seems to disperse the recoil for a longer period of time. I killed some of my favorite ink cartridges. I still use them and will continue to use them. Some are just like old friends. Are any of these ink cartridges useless? Oops no! Are they interesting? Oops! This is why they will continue to be used for the remaining time. Shooting (pun intended), people still use bows and arrows and muzzle loaders, some of which are even flintlocks!