User blog comment:Artemis Paradox/The Official Monster Hunter Wikia Help Blog/@comment-1712810-20110622115211/@comment-969093-20110624191943

In my opinion, nothing is overkill. We're talking about G-Rank MHFU here. The monsters have ridiculous attack power and therefore deserve to be battled with equally powerful weapons.

Whether you make the bow or not is entirely up to you, guns work but I personally consider Bows a tad more confortable for dealing with him. I have forgotten if the bow needed a BEDJ but I can ensure you that it is worth sacrificing as long as you don't think you'll regret it for the moment being.

AncientDragonwoodCannon is a good all-round gun. The pellet is especially useful on monsters such as Diablos and Kirin, not to mention the pain in the ass minions (pellet rules!). But if you are going to deal with bigger, more armored (not necessarily) monsters, then perhaps the Narga HBG or any of the Fatalis HBGs would be better. With load up my Destiny's Arm can shoot 7 of all 3 pierce lvl shots before having to reload when I use Fatalis Z armor, which is great on Shen Gaoren too.