Dave Shooter: Yes I have a Ruger 350, and two .338s. I carry one of them while floating the rivers in a raft. But I have moved up to a Weatherby 338-378 while in the mountains, more range.
This country definately needs new refineries, but the coastal states don't want them in their back yard. So what are we going to do? We need to finish the railroad to Alaska. We have the oil and refineries could be built here with no problem. We just need a way to get it to the lower 48. A rail connection would be perfect. Easier to ship by rail than by Tanker ship. In the event of a train wreck only damaged rail cars would leak. A rail car holds a lot less than a ship, and usually most cars are not damaged enough to leak. And it's a lot easier to clean it up off the ground than out of the ocean. Plus we could ship lots of other things to the lower 48. Lumber, gravel, ore (iron, copper, lead, zinc) just to mention a few. And stuff could be shipped to us at a lower cost. Travel would be easier, expecially for those that are afraid of flying.