They both get carried. Grizzlies are normally found on the trails leading up to the alpine, a lot more than in the alpine. For those walks, and for soothing me in a tent at night, I prefer the 9.3X62. And living in BC I get to do that annually.

It weighs 7 pounds 8 oz, only 3 oz more than the 30-06 (old M70 Fwt in a Brown Kevlar stock) so one is as easy to carry as the other.

For antelope, not that I have hunted them much, I would be more likely to take a 243AI or 280. But the 9.3 is beyond proven to 500 yards.

Check the ballistic coefficient of that 9.3 Accubond, and run some numbers for yourself. It is impressive.

Last edited by RickF; 05/14/19.

Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!

Stolen from an erudite CF member.