For fear of taking another thread to far off topic I decided to ask my question here. How much stake do you put in gun writers opinions? I know Jack O Conner was reveared back in the day and seems a lot of people took what he wrote and said was gospel. Take the 270 for example, he made that cartridge almost magical in its ability to take all kinds of game. We all know that there were other cartridges out there that could have done just as well if not better, but because they didn't get the praise of jack their popularity floundered. I for one read gun and hunting mags constantly and while I may find something interesting I don't take it to the bank until I get a chance to mess with it first. Just wondering how many out there follow my line of thinking or just believe the print.