I have long held that if you want more power than is available in the 30-06, you do not want more velocity, you want more bullet. Three cartridges that might really use additional velocity are the 308, the 350 RM, and the 458, since each of these is hampered by a case capacity too small for optimum ballistics. In case you are thinking about building up a rifle, Scout or otherwise, be sure you check with Pachmayr in Los Angeles to be sure you have a proper supply of hammerhead flush sling-sockets. I was told at SHOT that they are out of production, and yet they are the only sensible way to attach a sling to the rifle. Come to think of it, you better get on this even if you are not thinking about building a rifle.
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Walt Mansell of California is running by petition for the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association. This is a good man and we need all we can get. It has never been clear to me why increased magazine capacity in a defensive pistol is particularly choice. There, some years ago, a graduate student of mine laid out five goblins, with four dead and one totaled for the hospital. Of course there is the episode of Alvin York and his eight, but there is some dispute about that tale.