Greetings Chip, and welcome back.
Since I made the "spray and pray" comment, I will own up to it and freely admit that I am glad to learn the caribou hunts are better executed than they are sometimes portrayed on the show......and it is good to hear that the older rifles are serving you well. I played around with several M96 Carl Gustaf Swedish Mausers for several years and was surprised how accurate they still were, but now that my eyes are pushing 60 I do appreciate optics for most of my hunting.....