Originally Posted by WBill


"The .375 is one of my real enthusiasms in big-game cartridges. If I were going to hunt all over the world and could use only one rifle, it would be the .375. If I could have only two, one would be a .375 and the other would be a .270." "And there isn't any doubt that a good big gun is better than a good little gun - if it's properly handled." -- Jack O'Connor, The Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns, Outdoor Life (1961).



As I recall, when O'Connor went to Admiralty Island to hunt brown bears, he didn't use a 270...............

Just sayin'..........for those that think a 270 is enough gun for big bears.

Jack wasn't stupid nor did his ego over-ride his sensibilities.

MM