The target is obviously large dangerous game, particularly if it has turned on you and is charging at you. In such a capacity, a large bore magnum semiauto platform would have an advantage over bolt guns, lever actions, double barrels, drillings, or single shots.Abraham wrote:And a target for such a rifle would be: ?... as it doesn't like fun or inexpensive to shoot.
That said, I have exactly zero desire to own such a thing. I’m not afraid to try shooting one; I just have no desire to own one. Largest caliber rifle I have fired to date - a friend’s .375 H&H magnum. It was OK. I still don’t have a huge desire to own one.There’s just nothing out there I’d be hunting that needs something that powerful, and the buy-in and ammo cost are prohibitive for me. The lone exception.... I’ve always wanted a bolt action safari rifle in .416 Rigby; but that is more for romantic literary reasons rather than any kind of real need, and I still can’t really afford a nice one.
Some time this year, I’ll be acquiring a .45-70 lever action (most probably a Henry), and that’s about as big as I have any desire to go in a rifle platform. I do have expensive tastes, but most of these things are well out of my ability to afford them anyway; so even if I had the desire, I’d have no means of fulfilling it.