RE: For All you 223 Fans
Your "response" to my post is a crackup for evading my point. My main point is that shooting with a .22-caliber is a lot like shooting with a bow. You can't break down a shoulder, so you have to wait for a broadside shot. So what?
Your reply goes on to make my other point, that big caliber guys seem to feel it is an affront to their manhood to ever pass up a shot. I wonder frankly if that attitude, that your shoulder cannon entitles you to shoot at any animal at any angle doesn't result in more wounded game than a disciplined small-caliber shooter.
Finally, I know a fellow who kills elk with a .223. I'm not really arguing for or against any caliber, I think virtually any caliber can kill game if it's used right, and absolutely any caliber can wound game in the hands of a moron.
P.S. I'm on my way to the library to get a book about an old elephant hunter who killed over a thousand elephants with a .25 caliber rifle.