Never owned a magnum, though I've shot the 300s my Son and Son-in-Law had. I started with centerfires about 1972 after getting out of school. Had to have the 270 as that was what JOC recommended. Used it as my only centerfire for about 30 years before venturing into a 22-250 for coyote control. That one was something of a revelation, low recoil, no muzzle jump, fun to shoot, maybe there was something to the smaller bullet crowd. I did play around with a light 338-06 for a year or two, but decided at my age there weren't enough elk hunts left to keep fighting a flinching tendency. Now I shoot mostly my various .223s, .243, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts and don't have any trouble putting deer on the ground when the time comes.
