[TheSollyLama]

got a link to that thread? I'd be happy to read it.

I already went blind staring at charts. The 257 Wby is on the level of 270 win or .30-06, with better trajectory. That's all it is. Never said it was a elephant gun.

While Wby is a magnum, I meant the Ultra Mag craze that has half the hunting world convinced you need to bring an M1 Abrams to shoot anything but prairie dogs.
Heard the same thing about my 'puny' .30-30, which has killed more game than all the big belted magnums combined, several times over.

I'll draw an analogy. I am a biker. Lately I've liked sport bikes. Everyone of them will vastly exceed any responsible speed or lean angle. Yet the craze is there too- go bigger.
While the 600cc class used to be the street class, now everyone 'needs' the 1000cc or larger bikes. Not a one can handle the additional power or even put it to use on the street, yet the liter bikes fly out of show rooms.

I see the hunting world going the same way. Just fire the biggest cannon you can manage. I just disagree with that notion.

Never bought into the hand cannon notions. I've killed plenty of game in my life and never had to use handheld artillery to accomplish it.

I do enjoy the fact that the Weatherby has a world famous reputation. That's doing one's homework.

And I examined my typical big game hunting now that I'm more mobility limited- and decided that old Roy's favorite was right up my alley.

As for Griz, well I don't plan on hunting them. I am a local hunter, and trips abroad for them isn't my cup of tea. I'm primarily a pronghorn and mule deer hunter. Elk and black bear on occasion.

I'm fully confident in this chambering's ability to drop anything I hunt, do it efficiently, and do it humanely. All that without toting an anti-tank weapon