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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 1655114" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>I guided elk hunters for 38 years. Granted they were elk not grizzlies. Every year hunters would ask if they needed a magnum and I would ask if they were currently shooting one. Usually the answer was no so the advice was bring your deer rifle, the one you KNOW you shoot well. The vast majority of our missed or bad shots were made with magnums. All that power is worthless if you can't control it, and I mean right now, no deep breathing to prepare yourself, no getting all set up on the rest. We're not an average bunch of shooters on this sight, but IMO the majority of shooters can't reach the potential of a 308, much less a magnum anything. It's easy to talk big and imagine ourselves mastering the big guns, on the internet. Go buy one and start shooting it, regularly, from improvised field positions. Some will do well quickly, most will give them up unless willing to take the time and frequent practice to master their new thunder stick. Sometimes the best tool isn't the biggest. A man's gotta know his limits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 1655114, member: 1940"] I guided elk hunters for 38 years. Granted they were elk not grizzlies. Every year hunters would ask if they needed a magnum and I would ask if they were currently shooting one. Usually the answer was no so the advice was bring your deer rifle, the one you KNOW you shoot well. The vast majority of our missed or bad shots were made with magnums. All that power is worthless if you can’t control it, and I mean right now, no deep breathing to prepare yourself, no getting all set up on the rest. We’re not an average bunch of shooters on this sight, but IMO the majority of shooters can’t reach the potential of a 308, much less a magnum anything. It’s easy to talk big and imagine ourselves mastering the big guns, on the internet. Go buy one and start shooting it, regularly, from improvised field positions. Some will do well quickly, most will give them up unless willing to take the time and frequent practice to master their new thunder stick. Sometimes the best tool isn’t the biggest. A man’s gotta know his limits. [/QUOTE]
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