RE: Magnum haters?
I am not a magnum hater, but for most purposes, a standard round will do everything most people need a rifle to do. For example, I am convinced that you'd do just as well shooting elk with a 180 or 200-grainer in .30/'06 as with a .300 Win. Mag. I used a .270 for three years in Alaska, and never felt undergunned. But yes, I avoided provokingKodiak bears with it!!
"Why is it that people say that if you shoot a deer with a .300 win mag you're going to blow a deer in half or something to that effect? I've never experienced that, and the meat damage is not much different than shooting a 30-06."
This is a dead givaway that the '06 is good enough. See, the damage to the critter is about the same. And it is this DAMAGE that kills 'em, after all..........