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Sarge · June 25, 2011, 10:05 PM

These things happen from time to time. Someone convinces the gun & ammo makers to introduce a new cartridge and guns to chamber it.

Occasionally, we get something that performs significantly better that the standard cartridges of the day, be it in raw power, delivery platform, fills a perceived need, etc. The .44 Magnum and .40 S&W were beneficial products of such a collaboration.

If a new cartridge does not offer significant advantages over well established predecessors, however, it is doomed to failure. It may develop enough of a following to keep a few factory loads and components available, but when the gunmakers start cutting back on models offered in a new chambering- the writing is on the wall.

When the .327 debuted, I said "Huh?" I know some of you just like the guns and cartridge, but I've made it 54 years without one and just can't bring myself to feel slighted over it.

June 25, 2011, 10:05 PM	#314
Sarge Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: MO Posts: 5,457	These things happen from time to time. Someone convinces the gun & ammo makers to introduce a new cartridge and guns to chamber it. Occasionally, we get something that performs significantly better that the standard cartridges of the day, be it in raw power, delivery platform, fills a perceived need, etc. The .44 Magnum and .40 S&W were beneficial products of such a collaboration. If a new cartridge does not offer significant advantages over well established predecessors, however, it is doomed to failure. It may develop enough of a following to keep a few factory loads and components available, but when the gunmakers start cutting back on models offered in a new chambering- the writing is on the wall. When the .327 debuted, I said "Huh?" I know some of you just like the guns and cartridge, but I've made it 54 years without one and just can't bring myself to feel slighted over it. __________________ People were smarter before the Internet, or imbeciles were harder to notice.