Need advice on 7mm-.08

[YukonGirl]

Skeet, somehow I missed your post about the boys being attached by the grizzly. I hope the kid recovers okay and has a story to tell his grand kids.

I've gotten so even if I'm out plinking with my .22 I have the 12-gauge within easy reach just because I'm so paranoid about that sort of thing happening to me too. But those are in areas you expect to see a bear.

Here's the good news-- I spent the morning trying out a .30-06 Springfield-- it was fun to shoot. But I really liked the Winchester 88 .308-- the recoil was quite manageable-- just as you guys said it would be, plus it's a beautiful gun. I liked it so much I bought it off my friend-- he sold it along with the Bushnell Scopechief 6 mounted on it for about $370 US. You should see the grin on my face!

My other gun nut friend is going to size it down so it fits me perfectly. It's about 1.5" too long right now. (He's going to shorten my Mossy 500 for me too-- it'll be like Christmas morning around here!) Now all I need is a bipod and I'm ready for the season.

I had my friend videotape me shooting the .308 and the .30-06 and if the footage isn't too embarrassing I'll upload it to my YouTube site. I'm really looking forward to getting lots of practice with the .308. And then I'm hoping for moose and caribou steaks come fall!

So thanks again everybody. As always, you guys were a big help.