I hunt upland and small game almost exclusively with a single shot .410 break action Iver Johnson...I've hunted with H&R Buffalo Classic single shot .45-70's and Ruger No.1's. I'm a huge fan of single shot firearms, but they've got their place. While still hunting or drive hunting, you don't want a single shot, you're likely going to have less than perfect shots in ANY situation, but especially so in these cases where you're moving and shooting off hand...shotgunning is a little more forgiving, but I've lost game while struggling to reload in the past--then again I've lost game that I've just plain missed with my pump-guns and SxS's too!

As far as those people that claim to go out and hunt ONLY loading a single round in their rifle because it's more ethical, they're idiots either way, but they've either got an inferiority complex and feel they've got to try to one up everyone all the time, or they're trying to show off to make up for their true pit-falls. Putting only one round in a magazine rifle is like only putting a single gallon of gas in your car because you get 15mpg and live 14miles from your work which is a mile from the gas station, you'll only need one gallon right? Maybe, but it's better to be safe than sorry...putting your one shot through the gut of a deer and having it run off never to be found again---to die painfully later---because you're fumbling to reload your Win. 70 doesn't make you a good hunter for only using one shot.