Lets look at this,
a 30-30 requires a level of skill to use effectivly that would be hard for even an experienced hunter to obtain and maintain, making the 30-30 an "unstable" elk rifle at best. If it wasn't, more people would use it.

Now other than knowing how to tame the recoil on the 375, it requires much less skill (and luck) than a 30-30 to use effectivly. An ammount that can be obtained by the average hunter. Illiminating more variables in shot placement as in you can go for the shoulder, and/or at a longer range, basicly it will preform very well if you hit an elk anywhere in the vitals at any decent range where as a 30-30 can not. This makes the 375 an exteamly stable, overall good choice for elk.

You guys didn't need me to tell you that the 375 is better for elk than a 30-30 is. What I am showing by this comaprison is, that if you are going to use a rifle, then why not use a good reliable one? A 30-30 will work. Like BJ said so would a slingshot (they make slingshots for big game). That doesn't make it a good choice. And there are just so many things (variables) that can go wrong with using a marginal caliber like a 30-30 that it makes it a bad choice for elk.

So for the average hunter,
30-30 + elk = Bad choice (at least not a good one)
375H&H + elk = Good reliable choice.



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Edited by - Kodiakhuntmaster on 01/26/2003 18:40:06