Not trying to start a ruckus, but what will a 303 do that a 30-06 will not?
Well there Jeepmann, all that carbon die-ox-hide and other obnoxous fumes you been subjectin yoself to musta clouded you thinkin a mite.
Let me 'splain sumpin to ya... Cart-a-ges is like wimmins... so the men folk gonna look at cartages like they look at wimmins. Now the pernt you got to understand is that not all men folk look at wimmins the same way!
You keepin up with me here boy?
The fact that different men look at wimmins in different ways ain't the wimmin's fault. That's cause, when you get right down to it, wimmins all do pretty much the same thing. One may perform a particular aspect of one of her... um...
primary functions a bit better then another, but they all can do it all.
And, as you pointed out, it's the same with cart-a-ges! A 22 will kill a bear but it's better at huntin 'possums; a 45-120 will kill a 'possum but it's a lot better at shootin bear! To extend the analogy back to wimmins, one may be better at...
... hummmmm, let me think on that a spel... family forum and all that...
OH!
Okay, wimmins
other primary functions...
One may be better at cookin, and another may be better at cleanin, but they all can do both!
So now, understaning that all wimmins are basically the same, and now understanding that (rightly so) the male attitude is the main factor here, we can extend that understanding to cart-a-ges, and see why some men find the perfect cart-age for them at an early age and see no reason to look any further, while others try a number of different cart-a-ges, then settle on one they are happy with, forsaking all others...
Then there are those who make a life's work outa attempting to try out every single cart-age made. Old or new, sick, lame or lazy, blind, crippled or crazy, it don't make no difference! If they ain't had it they want it!
And that my boy is why there will always be a market for the 303, or the short mag, or the ultra mag, or tall wimmins or short wimmins or breathing wimmins.