Phil, that was funny. Seriously! You got it absolutely 100% WRONG in one sentence and 100% CORRECT in the second! Talk about covering your bases! Like Ridge said, any small branch can change the trajectory of a bullet. May just move the nose just a teeny tiny fraction but that teeny tiny fraction will present more to the wind and create a wobble making the bullet "knuckle ball" and keyhole into the target or miss or even worse gut shot. The "big heavy bullet blasting through 100 yards of heavy brush to hit precisely where aimed" is a total horsecrap myth. Another thing I am wondering about, what kind of Marlin 30/30 do you have Phil that is heavy? I've got an old Marlin 336 made in 56 that feels like carrying air! That's with wood furniture not this cheap tupperware crap they make nowadays. Granted I may be a muzzleloading guy but I own my fair share of modern rifles and that old 336 is among the lightest of my .30 cals.