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While Winchester produced several slide-action and semi-auto rimfires prior to the introduction of the Model 52, for the purposes of this piece we’ll just look at (rimfire) bolt guns. 

Resolved: The .30-06 Springfield, originally known as the Caliber .30 U.S. Govt Model of 1906, is the standard by which all North American centerfire big-game cartridges must be judged.

Resolved: The Winchester Model 1894, being a near-perfect combination of rifle and cartridge, is the gold standard by which all succeeding lever-action rifles must be judged. 

The thirty-something range of rifle cartridges, like any other range, has a fair share of oddballs.

As we approach the top-end of the Thirty-Something rifle cartridges, we get a real mixed bag. 

It’s somewhat baffling that this perfect mid-range never really seemed to catch on with American shooters, beside a couple of noteworthy exceptions. 

I find the thirty-threes to be some of the most useful of the thirty-something calibers for the North American game fields.

Mid-caliber rifle cartridges are very useful.

The 1851 Colt Navy was a ground-breaking gun.