I have considered picking up a 7mm-08 or .308 for a deer and black bear gun. Probably a Kimber Montana, seems to be a good lightweight backpacking rifle. My 30-06 M70 is the Extreme Weather edition. So far the most extreme thing it's done is kill a wild pig in Southern California. I'm looking forward to adding to it's list of accomplishments. Perhaps I'll move to Juneau, take a job at Alaskan Brewing Co. and hunt the ABC islands. Not a bad life.
