A guy I once hunted with on a South Texas lease had a .300 Weatherby that he's had for over 30 years and swore it was the hammer of Thor. After he missed a small 8 pointer, he admitted he hadn't checked the zero for "eight or ten years". After the miss, he had HIS FRIEND shoot it and found out it was off by a foot at 100 yards. I'm convinced he was afraid of that gun and that's why he never shot it.
On the other hand, after witnessing a mature, rutted-up midwestern buck run 100 yards after being shot through both shoulders with a 165 grainer out of a .30-06 (and having his lungs turned to absolute mush) I will never laugh off a hunter for using a .300 mag IF he knows how to use it. That, of course, is the key.
