I guess it is just my frustration with poor sportsman... I would venture a guess that most people whom hunt with SKS's are typically the ones who are taking ill-advised shots. They are using a gun that is basically meant for as you put it spraying in praying. People whom have invested the money into a remington 7400 or Browning BAR are typically hunters whom will not take such shots. Granted these are stereotypes, but if the shoe fits... Also I have seen very few scoped SKS's out there, not many 7400 and BAR's with open sights.

Basically people are trying to retrofit millitary guns into hunting guns... They were meant for different purposes. Now taking a mauser action and overall reworking it is completely differet. taking a stock SKS out and using it as a deer rifle just doesn't make sense. I was completely unaware that the 9mm and 357 are in the same class... I thought a 38 special delivered more than a 9mm, I could be wrong, but are you trying to tell me that a 357 Magnum and a 9mm are the same??? I have a hard time beleiving that to be true. Not really the point here I guess. I would make an argument that the .357 is the absolute minimum handgun cartridge to use for deer, I personally wouldn't hunt with anything under a .44 mag.