My Dad (1922-2004) hunted elk nearly every year within the Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming. His rifle was a 300 Savage lever gun which has moderate recoil. Dad always shot an elk twice; he could lever a fresh cartridge very quickly. Compare the energy of two 180 grain 300 Savage bullets to just one 375 MAG bullet. No wonder Dad was always so successful!
300 Savage is a keeper!
Sherwood
That rifle/cartridge was sure popular here in Utah for a long time! Culture and traditions are strong in many areas. For example, I didn't use a scope until I was 22 because I grew up in a family of Mod 94 30-30 and 12ga/buckshot users. I heard all my young life by the "Oldtimers"
"you can't use a scope in the woods, you can't get on him fast enough"!! This was in the Big Thicket of East Tx...we ran deer with hounds until I was 16 ( Law changed then) Even a bolt action rifle was considered "poor boy" via surplus rifles/sporters ( $25 for a 1917 Enfield at GI Surplus!
