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Good story GS6. My quest started with a super accurate.308W but derailed when I started hunting in MT amongst big, toothy, clawed critters. So I upgunned to a .388 Win Mag which was the lousiest shooting, hardest kicking POS I ever knew. Traded it in on a .35 Whelen and started killing stuff with it. Recoil is not for the faint of heart but less than the .338 Win Mag. My handloads with 225 gr Partitions exit at 2,736 fps. Then I started hunting NW Colorado where shots can be a bit longer and a couple of Weatherby magnums joined the party. My retirement rifles will be a .257 Roberts and a 7x57 when the hard kickers are no longer tolerated. Happy Trails