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Originally Posted by m21sniper
Then again i could just ask you- would you hunt grizzly with a .30-30?
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No, I would not. I'm merely relaying what others can accomplish with this "underpowered" cartridge. I will readily concede that the folks I'm referring too are far, far better hunters than I can ever dream of becoming. They live and breathe it in a way I simply cannot.
My circumstances dictate that when I do go after game such as this, I am limited by time. I must hire a guide, by law, to hunt game like this. That guide is certainly going to have his own ideas on what I need to bring, and a .30-30 is not on their short list. This is going to cost me a lot of money as well. All of these factors add up tome bringing a rifle and cartridge combination that will serve for a less than ideal shot. Shots that I would pass up on one of my local weekend sojourns after lesser game. Shots that the native Alaskan hunter will pass up, because he always has tomorrow, or next week, or next month. He has the virtue of an abundance of the most valuable commodity of all for guys like you and me - time.
I'm as human as the next guy. If my only chance at the bear of a lifetime was a "Texas heart shot" on one disappearing into an alder thicket, after three weeks in the coastal Alaskan rain, and flying out tomorrow... I don't think I could pass it up. I would sure love to be able to slip a 500 grain solid up the spout on the old .458...
Here at home, it's different. I could care less anymore if I have to pass up a shot on even a great mulie or bull elk because I'm carrying some "inadequate" antique or something. I've done my share of killing - it just doesn't matter to me anymore.