ostdc,
I wasn't really responding to any sarcasm,...I took it like many others mean it when they say things like "I'm sure your dead deer was more dead cause you shot it with a magnum and I didn't"....actually I thought that if you have had success you have every right to mention the gun's usefulness. I wish I had one. It is actually the first gun I ever carried for deer, since I didn't own my own and it was all my dad had to spare for me to carry. I had practiced a lot at the range and was pretty good at around 50 yards. I never got to fire it at a deer, and nowadays, b/c I own so many other well suited guns, I probably never will. But I can see their utility in a well organized drive for medium sized deer at close range. Wish I had one just for fun plinking.