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Art Eatman · May 24, 2009, 08:47 AM

The efforts put into R&D for premium bullets have produced great results. My problem is the ancient, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If something has worked for me for a long time, what difference does it make if the reason I began the use was that it's what my daddy did?

Drifting a bit: From what I've seen, and from a good bit of reading, it seems to me that the greatest improvements in bullet technology have been in two arenas: First, bullets of .223 which give a much wider range of performance than just varminting. Second, the VLD bullets for long-range target shooting.

May 24, 2009, 08:47 AM	#12
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	The efforts put into R&D for premium bullets have produced great results. My problem is the ancient, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If something has worked for me for a long time, what difference does it make if the reason I began the use was that it's what my daddy did? Drifting a bit: From what I've seen, and from a good bit of reading, it seems to me that the greatest improvements in bullet technology have been in two arenas: First, bullets of .223 which give a much wider range of performance than just varminting. Second, the VLD bullets for long-range target shooting.