I remember hunting with a fellow back in the 1970's he carried a Savage 99 in 250-3000 and that rifle had a lot of miles on it too. This was in Newfoundland, I don't recall what band he belonged to, but he would tell me of shooting seals moose and what have you with that 250, and all his friends thought it was a huge gun. I was shooting a 7mm Remington on that trip. Thou I know some in Western alaska that went to bigger guns for whale and walrus, to cut down on loss game.
