The "Triple Deuce" is by far one of the best ever Varminting cartridges ever devised.
However, it's the "kid sister" of the .223, and the plethora of brass and ammo available for
that Remmy offering have really made that one more popular in recent years....
There's also this phenom of the newfangled "Ultra mag" and "Super Short Magnum" cartridges that have just appeared on the scene in the last couple years, and there's a number of shootists out there--used to work with one at the place I'm employed at--that hurriedly discard their current cartridges and get the "New Thing"
(Oh, and imagine their surprise at the Reloading stores when they realize that the 7000 grains of powder in a 1# can doesn't go very far with 'em! Heard one guy grousing that his Ultra Mag rifle was going through powder at a phenomenal rate...)
.300 Winchester Magnum's suffering from a lot of the same thing lately....
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