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skeet, Where were you when all of the "gun writers" were telling us how much faster and more accurate the short magnums were? They were more efficient, and on and on.
They didn't mention that it was hell to make them feed unless it was a new action specially made for the short magnum, and if you had that action it couldn't be rebarreled to the standard diameter cartridges without trouble. A friend bought an action on Gun Broker and brought to me for barreling to a standard diameter magnum. I checked it and sure as heck someone "unloaded" it on Gun Broker because it had been opened up for a short magnum. I returned it to him and said the best thing to do was to try to sell it to someone who had a terrible need for a short magnum. But you are right. the only one that may survive for a few more years is the 300 WSM. Most of the manufactures aren't cataloging them anymore.
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