Originally Posted by
Marine A5 Sniper
My son traded in his beloved 300 Savage for a 300 WSM. His excellent record for bringing home the venison went to hell in a hand basket. Invited him over for a session on my range. I handed him his rifle, no cartridge in chamber, and told him to hit a quarter at 100 years (something he regularly did with his 300 Savage). When he pulled that trigger, I witnessed one of the worst trigger jerks ever. He jerked so hard he pulled the rifle back into his shoulder. He looked so surprised I had to laugh. That 300 WSM was beating him to death. He returned to the 300 Savage, and his kill count went back to normal. I had a 300 Rem Mag that I absolutely hated. It kicked like a freaking whipped mule. It was all I could do to fire a five shot group. This from a guy who likes to shoot a 416 Rigby for expensive grins.
Sure the Corps can get bigger bangers. They can use any banger they want. They want the M40 platform, and there are good reasons they feel that way. Let those who crawl through the deep grass to engage their enemies make the decision. They know best.
jt
PS
The 30-06 was used by the Corps in WWI with great success. One Marine sniper received the DSC for killing six Germans at 1440 yards with his A5 scoped 1903.
a friend here had several 1 shot kills on eastern Canadian moose using a .308Win that he was extremely accurate with... one guy in his hunting party got to riding him so hard about using a "little gun" that Kevin went out and bought a Rem 700 in .338mag...he couldn't hit anything with it... had it re-crowned & glass bedded by a dam good smith.. still couldn't hit with it... one of our friends went out with him to figure out what was wrong & did the empty chamber test with him too.... same result as your son...he had a terrible flinch too..........He finally mastered the rifle... but it took a lot of time & loads to get rid of his flinch.
be safe, enjoy life, journey well
da gimp
OFC, Mo. Chapter