ORIGINAL: ipscshooter
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
But the fella has to learn to shoot a decent sized gun sooner or later.
Being a lawyer, I just have to start an argument here...
We still haven't heard what "the fella" is hunting for or why he thinks he needs an "upgrade" to a 300 Magnum. For any North American big game, except arguably, the Polar, Grizzly and Brown Bears, it seems to me that his .308 is "a decent sized gun." "Decent sized" isa relative term and is completely dictated by what the fella is hunting, and the range of shots he is likely to take. If he's hunting rabbits at 400 yards, a 22-250 is a decent sized gun. If he's hunting rabbits at 40 yards, a .22 rimfire is a decent sized gun. If he's hunting elephants in Zimbabwe, then a decent sized gun will be something a bit larger. But, unless he is going for one of the big bears, or is shooting at ranges beyond 400 yards, there's virtually nothinga .300 Magnum will do that a .308 can't do just as well. It's insulting to those of us who use .308's, or .30-06's, or .270's, or 7mm-08's, or .243's,or whatever, to say that we're not using "decent sized guns" just because our chosen round doesn't say "Magnum".
Well, being a guy who likes guns, shootingand has common sense, I have to retort.
And forget good looking.
I have to say its none of your or my business. This is a guns page. Not a hunting page, or whats the minimal to hunt with page. I bought a 460S&W. Do I need it? Absolutely not. Its a handfull but I love it. Shooting is a hobby. People probabely shoot more rounds for fun and hobby than hunting ever will. All I know is the fella wants one, and its not too outrageous a gun to consider a 16 year old in the west buying one. its not a freakin 460 weatherby or anything else. If a mature hunter who has shoot a few different rifles can't handle a 300win mag, he maybe shouldn't be shooting a 270win for that matter.
Its really not that difficult of a gun to shoot.