{"id":15591,"date":"2019-07-09T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15591"},"modified":"2019-07-09T20:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:51:56","slug":"cartridge-wars-308-winchester-versus-300-winchester-magnum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/cartridge-wars-308-winchester-versus-300-winchester-magnum\/","title":{"rendered":"CARTRIDGE WARS: 308 Winchester versus 300 Winchester Magnum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere, every day, there are two or more shooters or hunters arguing that one cartridge is better than another. It might be across the counter at a gun shop, around a campfire, or on the Internet. Regardless where it\u2019s happening, it <em>is<\/em>happening.<\/p>\n<p>Often these arguments are based more on emotion than fact. That\u2019s OK; we all have every right to like or hate a cartridge for <em>any<\/em>reason. Fortunately, cartridges don\u2019t have feelings. Unfortunately, humans do. Because of this sometimes inconvenient, but often joyous fact, feelings sometimes get hurt and tempers often flare.<\/p>\n<p>Outdoor writer Ron Spomer and I tend to disagree about cartridges more often than not. Our latest argument was centered around the 308 Winchester and the 300 Winchester Magnum. Watch the video and give your opinion \u2013 based on fact, fiction, or emotion \u2013 and then most importantly, pick a side.<\/p>\n<p>Should you be a savvy shooter or hunter, you\u2019ll obviously pick my side. Those who think bigger and faster are always better, will undoubtedly pick Ron\u2019s. And that\u2019s OK with me, but just like Ron, they&#8217;ll be just as wrong as he is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1249\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CyeG92uHB-8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor writer Ron Spomer and I tend to disagree about cartridges more often than not. Our latest argument was centered around the 308 Winchester and the 300 Winchester Magnum. Watch the video and give your opinion \u2013 based on fact, fiction, or emotion \u2013 and then most importantly, pick a side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2821,2522,2820,2500],"tags":[671,2887,917,2888,587,639,1938,1939],"class_list":["post-15591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-empty-cases-exclusive","category-hunt","category-latest","category-shooting","tag-308-winchester","tag-300-winchester-magnum","tag-best-rifle-cartridges","tag-cartridge-wars","tag-hunting-cartridges","tag-rifle-cartridges","tag-ron-spomer","tag-ron-spomer-outdoors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CW-HEAD.jpg?fit=1000%2C443&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-43t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15812,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/picking-your-expert-cartridge\/","url_meta":{"origin":15591,"position":0},"title":"Picking Your Expert\/Cartridge","author":"gunwriter","date":"January 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m not a rifle hunting cartridge expert. In fact, I\u2019m not sure how that qualification could even be obtained. I am however often asked for advice when it comes to cartridge selection. 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