[Jeff Higgins]

I do the vast majority of my hunting with muzzle loaders or revolvers. Including bird hunting with a side by side 10 guage, believe it or not. I own very few "modern" rifles or rifles in "modern" calibers. Even my varmint rifle is a '30's era chambering - the .220 Swift (in a custom Ruger #1, by the way). So, when I head for open country and need a flat shooting rifle, I normally grab a modern, flat shooting, bottlenecked chambering - the 1912 vintage .375 H&H. I have used one all of my life for game ranging from pronghorn to caribou. Deer, elk, black bear - you name it. It shoots as flat as a 180 grain .30-'06 load. The heavily constructed bullets and moderate velocity combine for full penetration on everything I have ever hit, with far less meat damage than lighter bullets at higher velocities. So, essentially, if I'm hunting any sort of game with a "modern" rifle in open country, that's what I grab.