This is how i see it, if your a hunter and your gonna kill and deer, elk..whatever it may be and you have the money,shoulder, and shock absorbtion in your brain, why not try to hunt it with a .50 cal... odds are your would kill the same deer anyway, just takes a little more stalking...( i think im inviting some negative comments by this) but if your gonna reachout to 500 yards w/ a 300 win mag or something why not stretch it a little more with a 50 cal...keep in mind this is mainly comming from an archer.