to get back where this started. It's not really about where the line is, but about what is best in a particular scenario...
Originally Posted by miket_81
A client of ours is going on a Brown Bear hunt in Alaska in a little over a month. He said he really wants to take his 7-Mag as he is comfortable shooting it well.
Certainly very few people who have killed bears would quibble with whether a good bullet from a 7 Mag in the hands of a person who is both familiar with and confident in said rifle could be improved upon by bringing a new rifle into the equation. I don't think anyone is arguing that a 7 Mag is the equal of a 416 Mag. Certainly, a good 7 mm bullet placed well in a bear would be hard to better with an unfamiliar rifle. I think the "too big and unfamiliar" scenario has been played out enough times in various camps to think otherwise.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
