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Ok obviously the 50 bmg is the Chuck Norris of cartridges. 

And it’s no question that 6.5 creedmore is the  Jean-Claude Van Dam of ballistics

Is it safe to assume 300 winmag is the John Wayne of ammo.

Whats 556? The Bruce Lee of boolits!

Does this make 22 the mall ninja of shooting?

where does this leave 9? Obviously the holy grail is 45.

what about.380? 

Its all so confusing..

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OK how do I put this?  6.5 caliber is not new.  The Swedes knew the ballistic advantage of the 6.5 while we were still screwing around with developing the '06.  The 6.5CM was just a revisit and tweek to take advantage of a competition course of fire on the range by shooters.  The 50BMG was developed as an anti-aircraft round for WW1.  The 300 Winnie has only been around since 1963 and is a necked down version of the 338 Winmag and 375 Holland and Holland.  It kind of was an after thought so Winchester could use their model 70 action with a belted case.

380ACP was Browning answer to a small pocket gun where weight reduction and size was key.  The round is a blow back design so there is no barrel lug or lock up just the mass of the slide and bolt control recoil. Being rimless streamlined its function for SA firing.  Luger  and his 9mm was an improvement on the first rimless cartridge the Borchardt.  Germany wanted a bigger caliber, and his thought was to include the cartridges within the grip of the pistol improving function.

The 223 Remington was another rework of the 222 Remington from 1950.  With the request of a new rifle for the Army this round was shoehorned and tweeked again into an idea the a smaller round with specifically defined capabilities was a better fit than the previous 7.62 caliber.  The 45ACP, well a sort of SA answer to the 45 Colt.  The original design was in .41 caliber but the Army wanted something equal to the 45 Colt in diameter, so the 45ACP was the answer.

Oh, and that 40 Short and Weak, was the redesign when the 10MM proved to much for small handed FBI agents to use accurately.  

So it seems todays' popular cartridges are an evolution from a different beginning.  Funny how that happens.

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Pick a round that has enough ass to reach the important bits of whatever you are shooting at, at the rate you want to shoot at.
After that, it’s all shot placement.

Or pick a big enough ass that makes a great target for any caliber. Ya can’t miss! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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