Hey stir away. I until the last few years I used a .375 H&H but then I could shoot it just as well as my .30-06 which is my point. More people need to learn to shoot with non-magnums before choosing a caliber more on macho than common sense. If you can shoot it well then more power to you. Most of the guys I knew could not shoot their ultra-light .30-06 as well as I could my .375 H&H. People as a rule do not put in the practice under field conditions but rather hit paper over sand bags just enough to see if the rifle still shoots were it is looking.

Swampdog, it I was going to get a new caliber for bears and such it would be a .376 Steyr. It has no belt on the case, is .30-06 approx. in length, and stomps on the heels of the .375 H&H Magnum but is more shootable. One was on sale on the Guns America site last night when I was window shopping. Good Luck!
Rocky Latham