Eldeguello, AMEN. For the hunting where I am now (Arkansas) I would love a .338-06 or a .376 Steyr Remington 7600 rustproofed with a 20" barrel. I plan to do a lot of bear hunting here and a large exit hole would help in tracking such a soft footed animal in heavy timber. Bear here are transplants from Manitoba and Maine from what I hear. The state's Black Bear Bores are generaly larger than average often exceding 400 lbs. But the current rage is Ultra-Mag or WSM not what us average joes can use. They tell us what we should want not the other way around at least until we vote their offerings off the market by not buying them. I guess that is what keeps a lot of custom gunsmiths in business, making us different types the firearms we want. Of course if the gun and hunting magazines along with Hunting TV shows hyped rounds like the .338-06 or .35 Whelen like they do the latest ultra-high velocity offerings then things might change. It is like a gun shop owner friend of mine said about his sales of the .454 Casull. Most come in all hyped in the morning to pick up their new macho mag handgun only to bring it back as soon as that same afternoon to be sold cause it hurt them. Oh well it keeps the money flowing. I was talking to Randy Garrett via email why he does not offer a .454 offering. He said cause his loads in .44 Mags handle the job and are more controlable. See, I do use a Mag. but what ELKampMaster says is true many real power house cartridges do not have Magnum in their name but here in the USA "Magnum" sells. I have listened to too many hunters sit around the camp fire braging about how much faster their rifle bullets are than the one that just finished his story. Me, I just smile and maybe whistle at their tales of macho ability but put game down just as well with my poor "underpowered" rifle. He, He.