—used for revolvers
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Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
Importantly, these mild cartridges are easier to shoot accurately compared to the booming magnums.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
What few magnums remain are available only through charity auction, and fetch as much as thirty-five hundred dollars each.
—Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Kaplan caught the attention of Memento Mori cofounder Adriel Lares when Lares won a case of magnums from Howell Mountain, where Arkenstone is located, at a fundraiser at Kaplan’s son’s nursery school.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024
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Few if any Sonoma Valley cookouts before or since have poured a magnum of 1990 Bâtard-Montrachet alongside a 1949 musigny from Camille Giroud.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
Importantly, these mild cartridges are easier to shoot accurately compared to the booming magnums.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
What few magnums remain are available only through charity auction, and fetch as much as thirty-five hundred dollars each.
—Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Kaplan caught the attention of Memento Mori cofounder Adriel Lares when Lares won a case of magnums from Howell Mountain, where Arkenstone is located, at a fundraiser at Kaplan’s son’s nursery school.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Magnum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnum. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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