ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
I was wondering why you needed that much rifle anyway. I don't see any reason why a 7mm mag won't do a dandy job with bullets matched to game being hunted. The 7mm mag has successfully killed thousands of elk cleanly. Just because the companys come out with new rifles and cartridges almost every year,don't mean the ole tried and true calibers all of a sudden won't work anymore-look at the old 30-06.
I used it for years in three different guns. I loved the performance. With a 200gr nosler partition, I never worried about penetration in any animal.
But the bad side. I burned out 2 different barrels. One was a nice kreiger. I am done with the cartridge. I now shoot a Win mag. I hope to double my life of the barrel. I am getting 3100fps with 180gr ballistic tip. Not bad from a old work horse.
So I agree with you.