Nothing wrong with folks using mags if they can shoot them. Most of the folks I see shooting them suffer from fright or are just plain inexperienced with shooting them. I purchased a 300 Win Mag back in the mid 90's from Remington's Custom Shop for one reason. I loved the look and feel of the rifle. It is a 700 APR (African Plains Rifle). Had no intention of going to the Dark Continent and certainly didn't need a 300 WM to kill a frickin whitetail. It is however one of my favorite rifles cause it shoots very small groups, has a wonderful feeling stock and to me is one of the nicest looking/shooting rifles ever to come out of Ilion. I'm not sure where the trend started for magnum rounds and whitetails north of the border. In my experience it didn't start with folks who live and hunt north of the border either.
