[gulo]

On this continent, objectively, given the record? .30-06 hands-down.

In terms of centerfire rifles, if there had never been anything other than the .30-06 and the .223 perhaps, we'd not have been suffering. We'd have been getting done everything we needed to get done hunting-wise. The rest of it has been the result of us monkeys liking to tinker. We have all those calibres cos we can. They are not necessary by a long shot, pun intended.

How about the best rifles to go with these rounds? The answer to that requires a person to examine the record involving the world's greatest hunters (as far as we know.) I think you'd have to pick the Winchester model 70 for open country and the Remington 760/7600 for the bush. I'd say more of the most experiened hunters have settled on these rifles for these applications than any others.

The answer changes somewhat when you take the whole globe into account. In which case you'd have to settle on the .375 H&H. Too bad that one doesn't come in a Remington pump.