RE: best short action round
 

If you show up with a .308 and know how to use it, most guides I know will shake your hand, buy you a beer and say, "Great choice!"

RE: best short action round
 

My .308 is a Remington Model 673 "Guide Gun", and it shoots dead on at 50 yards, and it shoots dead on at 100 yards! But it does shoot low at25, 150 and more.