"Yeah, I know, we live in the age of diversity. We're supposed to have free choice in all things. That is well and good, but I think the manufacturers are offering us far too much choice in rifle cartridges. The more variety they offer the more costly the manufacturing and distribution, and guess who that cost is passed along to?... So I think it's time to cull the cartridge herd, and I'm going to give you a shopping list of cartridges that I think the major manufacturers should drop like bad habits".
Col. Craig Boddington, USMC-Ret.

Here's one example of his thought process... "With the .260's arrival I think American manufacturers should give up on the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. It is much more popular in Europe, and will (and certainly should) continue in European loadings. American loadings have long been anemic anyway, due to concern over potential use in aging rifles; to obtain anything close to the cartridge's potential it has always been necessary to either handload or buy European ammo. And that's the way it should be".
Col. Craig Boddington, USMC-Ret.

I agree with Col. Boddington in that with new ones coming along all the time, many share duplicate roles and many are obsolete. But, should they be discontinued?

Before I give you his full list, how about your thoughts on this topic?

If this discussion is redundant, I apologize. I'm new to this forum.

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