Originally Posted by sandpit
I have to ask this,I'm from eastern orygun.why is it when most folks on here talk about coming out west to hunt they automatically think they need a magnum rifle?i don't understand the eastern thinking here


I agree with TeleCaster...it isn't an "eastern" thing...(although if you're from Oregon I guess almost anything is "eastern", even Montana).

I've showed up in plenty of hunting camps out west with a 270 where the "locals" were lugging everything from 7mm to 338 magnum caliber rifles,and my 270 was the smallest rifle in camp.And hunted in some places where western outfitters told the clients "we like to see our hunters shoot a 300 magnum".

All this stems from the notion that if you come from east of the Mississippi you don't know anything about rifles, shooting, and killing BG animals....which is silly.



Last edited by BobinNH; 04/27/15.


The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.