Originally Posted by
13pointjomc
If you had to choose 1 big game rifle from everything from deer to bear what rifle and caliber would it be?
Rather-be-hunting, I think we are hitting our heads against the same wall, from opposite sides.
We agree that shot placement does not make up for caliber, nor does caliber make up for poor shooting. I think that we have been hitting the same target from different benches.
As for my recomendation being contradictory, yes that was intentional. I was simply answering what the OP was asking, with the qualifyer that caliber will not solve everything.