Calhunter,
Well friend I can tell you one thing for sure. The 45-70 loaded with 405gr soft points is a hog stomping SOB even on the largest hogs. I've never seen anything put a hog down with a body shot quite as nicely as a .45-70.
BuffHunter, I absoloutly agree with you on the point about marksman ship. And over the years I've seen more people flub a shot with the newest super mag that they just bought and have developed a case of the super mag flinchies. I always feel better when a guy shows up in camp with a well worn 06 or 308. I guess that's why I depend on my .375 for so much I don't shoot it so much as I wear it. I've killed hunderds of head of game and shot well over a thousand rounds through it. To me it's like a comfortable old pair of boots not pretty but the one I enevitably grab when walking out the door. One ounce of familiarity is worth 5000lbs of muzzle energy.

Edited by - surestrike on 03/12/2002 10:50:05