Regarding "new" cartridges the 6.5 Grendel looks way more interesting than the 6.5 Creedmoor and you can get it in a bolt action or AR15, just sayin'.

NOTHING has been as "hyped" up like the 6.5 People got bored and had to try to reinvent the wheel. The 6.5 didn't fill any voids in the cartridge realm. NOW if you want to talk about a "modern era game changer the 350 legend checks the boxes. With it being legal in some "shotgun only " states it truly is a "game changer" But as mentioned earlier the rifled barrel did more for giving hunters/shooters an advantage than the 6.5 creedmore will ever do. My point is there was already cartridges out there that can match the performance of the 6.5. Not so much the 350 legend or the rifled barrel......

WeSa, Bell early on used a 6.5 Mannlicher but had trouble getting quality ammo. He then switched to a 275 Rigby for the rest of his career.
Nothing but 175 grain round nose solids. 1,011 elephants. His books are a great read.

Not to get to much off topic, as a reloader, I enjoy the not so much run of the mill stuff. Like my 223WSSM for example. Its right up there with the 220Swift but that Browning A bolt is not much larger than a 10-22 and you can carry it all day. I want to build a 6.5 Gibbs when I find a long action to build it on.

I forgot he switched to the 275. I've only read "Karamojo Safari" and need to read it again.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Bear Take-Down or the Bear Supermag, lol.

Not realy a "wonder round" but I thought interchangeable screw in chokes for the shotguns were a pretty snazzy invention back in the day.

7mm mag was on the uptick when I started hunting. The magnumitis era.

25-06 shot for years ,, I own a 6.5 PRC now, A lot folks shoot elk with .6.5 creedmoore do just fine with it.

I don't want one and certainly don't need one, but ammo can be had.

I remember all the Winchester short magnums in every caliber possible being a "big deal". Throw away anything you have used before, just pick up a WSM in your favorite caliber. I never tried one, maybe I missed out.

I had a .257 Weatherby Magnum that was considered pretty hot stuff in it's day.

about the mid 90s a friends dad bought her one 223wssm great on deer so she said , I doubt she took any iffy shots either , next to impossible to find ammo for now and it is 3 dollars a round if you do.

If he did it in Africa he had some serious stones.

I remember going to the zoo and the circus and seeing the elephants... Even got to ride one at Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield when I was a kid... Those were all Indian elephants. I never appreciated how massive an elephant could be until I went to Bass Pro in Springfield and they had an African bull elephant mount on display.

It was a full body mount and I didn't have to slouch much to stand underneath him. I can understand why the ivory hunters of old used the big 4 bore guns.

Mike

Starline still makes brass for it off and on and so does Winchester. But the winchester brass is not that good and you get cracked necks right out of the box. I got a batch of nickel plated ones and they are holding up great.

I would assume his answer would be the Altalt.

.22 ppc or the 257 Roberts.

22 ppc. Now there's a cartridge I haven't heard of in a while. That cartridge set a lot of records for the bench rest crowd. I expected it to get popular for the prairie dog and woodchuck gunners. Coyotes and other varmints. It never did though.

Seen an ad on armslist KS today for an old 244 Remington. Been awhile since I heard anyone arguing about the superiority of the 6mm Remington over the 243. Or vice versa. Me, well I don't think there is 10 cents difference in them but the aficionados of those two cartridges would argue till the bar closed about it.

I tried to talk her and her husband into reloading , not much interest and the gun was a gift from her dad who died about 8 years ago so they have a few boxes but she doesn't take it out much any more more sentimental value

there was a guy trying to sell one at the last gun show , beautiful F-class bench rest gun he had 7 so he was thinning the heard 22ppc

I tried to get a 22ppc once. Won a Sako laminated stock, stainless bull barrel and had my choice of calibers.

Asked for either 22 or 6mm plc but the dealer couldn't find one. Said ok, get me a 22-250.