Well, as the late great Elmer Keith once said, "I prefer to let every man scratch his own fleas in whatever manner he chooses." My point was you kind of short changed the ability of a short barreled .308. I've hunted some very thick country, the rain forest at the northwest cornor of California. I used a Winchester M94 and a 1903 Springfield 30-06 with an 18" barrel in that country. Now I live where shots can be as short as 6 feet, had two like that over the years, to well past 400 yards. I would still take that RSI and most likely find a shot closer than 400 yards but could take the shot if conditions were right. Odds are I wouldn't and would try to sneak closer. These days, if I get skunked, it means nothing. I've taken enough deer and elk in roughly 68 years of hunting that an occasional batch of Tag soup ain't all that bad. I really would like to take one more elk for the pot though. I do love eating them.
Paul B.
