If you are willing to experience 70ft/lb of recoil - might as well shoot 50 BMG.
It makes me puke how well 50BMG and rifles to shoot it are designed and how poorly "dangerous game" cartridges and guns are made: all those 500/600/700 nitro rifles that break your shoulder are just not even in the same category at muzzle or down the range.
Ummm.... On that...
Well, considering that even the *lighter* .50 bmg rifles weigh double the typical weights of hunting rifles, AND they have a muzzle brake the size of a pop can, that generates a HUGE amount of shock to both sides of the shooter, then yeah, go ahead and compare the two.
OFF TOPIC!!!
I did miss the weight part when looking at recoil - my bad; they do seem to make VERY efficient muzzle breaks for 50s tho.
I'm not an expert on dangerous game hunting or 50 BMG - just a bit of internet research.
50 BMGs in "hunting" configuration don't weigh much more than other dangerous game rifles - some bolt actions right there with the rest of them (Anzio Iron works). The only thing I found on 50 BMG that it is "unfairly too effective on dangerous game from long distance" - which makes no sense to me what-so-ever, but as I said I'm not an expert;
I guess if you are spending the bucks - hitting 50"- TV-sized target from 50 yards and getting knocked on your ass is with a $30 round is part of experience, who am I to judge???
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If you consider the recoil as the crown - sure
http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/jimmym40a2/22-50GMC.jpg
With all jokes aside, shooter outweighs all, and to make "shooter" out of a shooter you'll need practice, practice, practice: I got a feeling 378Wby practice is over in one MAYBE two rounds.
While Wby Mag is indeed a huge case that fits on standard bolt face, there is very little/no use for it on this continent.
