For most hunting situations a semi auto is more than accurate enough. Most people want a gun that will shoot sub moa though the majority of people never shoot over 75 yards at a deer. I hunt West Texas where you might have a shot over 400 - 500 yards but the farthest I've had to shoot is 200 yards and the biggest deer I've seen in my life I jumped up at less than 20 yards and I had my gun jam. I took a friends .270 because of long shots and the safety was broke so I didn't carry a round in the chamber and it jammed when I tried to load it. If I would of carried my Marlin lever action like I was going to I would of had it. My grandfather hunted Colorado with a 30-30 and shot the biggest deer of the group.