Here's my problem with the 4-somethings Vs. the 375-
My friend gets the biggest, baddest a$$ bear stompin' medicine he can find which was a .458 I happened to have my humble lil ole .308 at the time of sight in.
Friend goes to scope in .458...KABOOM!! "ouch..damn that hurt...not even on the paper yet....KABOOM!!...sumb!tch did that hurt! at least I'm on the paper...KABOOM!!! FREAKIN" DAMN GUN!! I THINK I BROKE MY DANG SHOULDER!! WHERE"D I HIT? I only missed the bullseye by nine inches? screw it, close enough!
While Mikey plinks away with his humble .308 going through umpteen rounds of ammunition, getting more accurate, having alot of fun, and improving his skills. Now, even CONSIDERING the relatively wimpy .308, do you think the gent with the .458 is really necessarily better off?
Of course, it's a given that we all know to sight in our guns correctly, and we're all manly and tough, and can handle a 458 for a couple shots, right?
my underlying belief is this: when you get into the serious captain kicka$$ calibers, your ammo gets unbelievably expensive, and you just can't take it out to work with it, and 99.9% of the time, you develop an acute paranoia of the particular weapon.
the humble .375, has enough horsepower to do the job, has ammo available in most department stores, and doesn't beat you to death when you practice with it, thusly increasing ones accuracy, and thereby increasing ones chance of getting a medium sized chunk of lead in the vital area rather than a nuclear warhead sized chunk of lead in it's front paw.
Translation: I'm way too much of a wimp to shoot anything bigger than .375...
If I ever prove myself to be wrong, I'll post pictures of my tattered, torn, beaten body so you can have bragging rights. Even if I have to return from the grave to do it. (I can already hear my wife: "You return from the dead and the first thing you do is log onto those stupid Blade Forums? why am I not surprised?!"