[GoodOlBoy]

No buddy I don't see a thing wrong with folks using what they like to so long as they do so saftely. Hunting whitetail in a cow pasture with a 300 RUM is not my idea of safety btw since that bullet is going to keep moving after it his said whitetail. My point as that folks seem to focus on bigger fast better calibers, and not can they hit the broadside of a barn with what they already have. An interesting fact. In the state of Texas it is illegal to hunt deer with a rimfire round. Acorrding to the Texas Wildlife department more deer are taken with a 22lr each year than any other caliber (A rimfire round). When we talk about what you should and shouldn't use keep in mind that many hunters substitute a bigger caliber for a lack in accuracy on their part. Men in the 1800s took deer, elk, and even bear with pistols and rifles. When you consider what skill it takes to kill an animal with an original 45 colt round (255 grain RN lead bullet in front of 40 grains of black powder in a ballon head case moving approx 675-690 fps front an article I read) then it is staggerin that some folks say it cannot be done unless you have (for example) a 180 grain 30 caliber boat tail ballistic tip (or HP if you prefer) bullet moving in excess of 3000fps. . . . . . .

On the flip side. If you want to shoot mule deer and elk at six hundred yards a 45 colt, or 30-30 ain't gonna get you there unless you are not only skilled but DANGED lucky. (I won't say it cannot be done because I have seen Bob Munden shoot ballons at 100 yards with a daisy BB gun.) But then again a 45-120 with a 45 caliber bullet moving only around 1000 fps or slower WILL do it. So again why do you need a 300 RUM? Personally because I want one IS a valid answer because each to his or her own. Because thats all that will get the job done is not a valid answer. Thats what I was talking about.

GoodOlBoy