I'm kind of the same way, I tend to prefer firearms in calibers that are easy to find locally and farely common. Such as .22LR, .223, .30-30, .308 Win, .30-06 Springfield, and .300 Win Mag. Even walmarts around here seem to be well stocked with all those calibers and they can take care of just about anything in the states. Though, I would probably want something like .383 Win Mag or maybe .375 H&H if I was up in Alaska, those brown bears are huge.