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I might argue the opposite. A couple of experienced folks have chimed in here stating they'd rather have the client with a gun/chambering he/she is comfortable and familiar with. To me, the guy wanting to use his 7mm mag shows he's a somewhat rationale and reasoning human being. There's no way of knowing if it's a financial based decision, or perhaps recoil tolerance or familiarity are the driver.
Would it be my pick? Nope - but it'll work.

The guys with more money than sense buy a 375 or .416 a month or two before the hunt. And it's all relative anyway - some of those folks will put down 15-25k on a hunt and beotch about the price of the factory ammo so they won't shoot it much. Or, if they do shoot it a bit, decide they've bitten off more than they can chew but will use it because they have to have it based on what they've read.

When I went on my first brown bear hunt, I didn't even bother posting about the anticipation leading up to the hunt because I knew there would be 6 pages of "there's no way I'd go with less than XXX chambering and I'd be shooting XX bullet if it were me". And 90% of the responses would have been from folks that had never been.

I used a 35 Whelen and anchored my bear on the spot and put a few more in him for good measure. The two hunters after me (in speaking with the guide a couple of weeks later) used a 375 Ruger and the other a 416 of some flavor. Both of those hunts led to a rodeo in the alders afterward - one bear was never located.

The particular outfitter/guide knows rifles/bullets quite well and shares Phil's mindset when it comes to hunters and rifles.