Have mentioned this before in such discussions, but have killed running bucks and pigs at 10-20 yards with 6x scopes, or variables set on 6x. But have also killed big game out to 350 yards with iron sights.
And have friends who are even better at it. Mine was a bull caribou, about the size of a cow elk. Have a good friend who's done it, first shot, on a pronghorn a little farther away. And mine with with an aperture rear sight. If I recall correctly, his was with open sights--and a Savage 99.
It depends mostly on the hunter, not the rifle. Which has been said in many ways, many times....
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
