{"id":14398,"date":"2017-08-10T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=14398"},"modified":"2017-08-10T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:05:10","slug":"im-the-devil-the-30-06-sucks-and-dont-drop-your-sig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/im-the-devil-the-30-06-sucks-and-dont-drop-your-sig\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m the Devil, the 30-06 sucks, and don’t drop your SIG."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week NRA\u2019s American Hunter published an article on their website titled, \u201cThe 30-06 Sucks<\/a>.\u201d I wrote that article. In less than a week, all over social media I have been branded as just about every bad<\/em> thing a human could be. The NRA has received demands that I be fired, and I\u2019ve received death threats.<\/p>\n

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The 30-06 Sucks – NRA American Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One reader messaged me to make sure I was OK, after all the stuff being said about me. I assured him I was, and that if what folks said about me worried me, I\u2019d have never written the article or became a cop.<\/p>\n

Actually, what I\u2019m really<\/em> worried about is the emotional state of the folks who left the hundreds of thousands of comments. The idea that a human could be so emotionally attached to an inanimate object is kind of frightening. Imagine what would have happened if the article had been, \u201cFord trucks suck.\u201d (They do by the way, and so does Pepsi Cola.)<\/p>\n

I stand by the article and the facts that support my conclusion\/opinion. An African professional hunter friend of mind likes to use the phrase, \u201cthe big thing is,\u201d and I\u2019ll borrow it in here. The big thing is, if you shot 10 elk with a 30-06 and 10 elk with a 308 Winchester, using the same bullet, and then conducted an autopsy of every animal; you could not tell which cartridge killed which bull.<\/p>\n

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Would a 30-06 have killed this bull at 320 yards just like the 308 did. Sure. But, the undeniable fact is that the rifle would have been longer, weighed more, and kicked harder.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other thing is, I\u2019d recounted the story of an uncle whom everyone in the family despised. I shared that his love for the 30-06 prejudiced me against it. Many of the commenters said that was a \u201csilly\u201d reason to not like a cartridge. But the truth is \u2013 and the underlying message of the article was \u2013 that\u2019s as good a reason as any to not like any cartridge.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t like a cartridge because its 100 fps slower than another, that\u2019s fine by me. It won\u2019t matter unless you\u2019re shooting at distances where you can\u2019t hit anything anyway. If you don\u2019t like a cartridge because it has Winchester instead of Remington on the headstamp, that\u2019s just fine too. It still does not matter. And, if you don\u2019t like a cartridge because your wife\u2019s x-boyfriend used it to kill a bunny rabbit bigger than the one you killed, hell, that\u2019s even a better reason.<\/p>\n

We have so many cartridges that essentially do the same thing, pick one you like \u2013 for any\u00a0reason at all \u2013 and learn how to shoot<\/strong><\/em>. 260 Remington, 308 Winchester, 270 Winchester, or even the over rated 7X57, for the true rifleman it will make no difference.<\/p>\n

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Cartridge choice is really not that important. It’s mostly a personal thing and that’s really how it should be. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadly, the political correctness overcoming our nation has slipped into the world of guns. It\u2019s just not acceptable anymore to state facts, because someone will get their feelings hurt. Fortunately for me some guy on the Internet realized that if you drop a SIG P320 a certain way it just might go bang. That little gem of a video might have saved me from some lunatic trying to attempt an exorcism.<\/p>\n

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The lesson here is, regardless of who made it,\u00a0don’t drop you\u00a0handgun on a hard surface. There will be, and always has been, the potential for something bad to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

I still think the 30-06 sucks. For most stuff it\u2019s too much, and for what little is left, it\u2019s not enough. If that hurts your feelings to the point you gotta go ballistic – yes, pun intended \u2013 dude, you need serious help. Oh, and by the way, cartridges don’t\u00a0have feelings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week NRA\u2019s American Hunter published an article on their website titled, \u201cThe 30-06 Sucks.\u201d I wrote that article. In less than a week, all over social media I have been branded as just about every bad thing a human could be. The NRA has received demands that I be fired, and I\u2019ve received death threats. 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