Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd

Hi there RM.

John, I believe it. I believe Hemingway used an '06 on lion which would probably not be in anybody's top ten picks now.


Howdy.

I'm slogging through Roosevelt's account of his safari right now, and with the exception of the big double he carried, I'm not sure that anyone today would consider either his .30-06 or .405 as in the top ten for most of the game he and Kermit took with them.

RM

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown