What's interesting to me is how much of a fad gun writers trigger.
There are many that would generally be "rated" as good big game cartridges, yet as fads come and go, (as well as marketing) the top sellers don't change much.
I think one of the best well engineered is the .338 Win Mag. With one of these in the lineup for big game you really could pass on most everything else.
When I don't fill my elk tag with the bow, the .338WM is what goes out the door every day.
To be new to hunting now days, and be reading up on what equipment to buy, you'd get the impression you absolutely have to have a big cased long range precision rifle, a Hubble scope with knobs and nothing else will be adequate.
I've shot more elk with 338 WM and 250 Partitions than all other cartridges and bullet combinations combined. I totally agree.
Except I've hung up my bow.
