Guys, I'm over 50 and my magnum is just a little younger than me. It's an old model 70 in 300H&H and any animal that I might ever shoot with it will not be able to tell the difference between it and a 300wm or a 300wsm. The only thing I can see justifies the short mag is the overall weight of the rifle. I don't know if saving toting two extra pounds is worth the butt kicking recoil you're gonna get with the short mags. Of course I don't think I'll ever get to go moose hunting in the rockies or such and if I could afford to run with a crowd who could, well, I might just have to get one to save face.