Back in the day, Dad booked a bear hunt with Alf Madsen on Kodiak or Afognak. He went to Carls and bought a then new .300 Weatherby. Several weeks later he came back and in a couple of days, we went to carls and he traded the Weatherby for a Model 70 Super in .375 H&H....When carl asked him why? Dad said the bear hadnt read Weatherbys advertising..Big enough gun for muleys tho...I like big guns, my elk rifle is a .416..And recoil is no big deal, like Moody said..