Fellas,
Just an update in case anyone was curious as to which firearm I chose. I was leaning toward the .300 Savage if I was able to find a box of ammo for it locally, but hunting season for my wife and I has taken an abrupt turn, at least for awhile. My wife's Mom passed away unexpectedly sometime late Friday evening of an apparent heart attack, she was 83 years old. My wife and her sister worked her Mom's store with her on Friday selling hunting licenses, ammo and accessories, etc., and she seemed fine. My wife went down Saturday morning to open the store and help her out with license sales again and found her. She had stated yesterday that she thought she might go out for a few hours this morning to "take her mind off things" so I told her I'd go out with her although I had my doubts about it. When we got up this morning she said that maybe she would wait awhile. I told her there's no hurry and that it can wait until she feels ready so I'll forego my hunting until we can hunt together.
BPS