RE: Too much gun?
"Too much gun" depends upon what you're hunting and how you are as a shooter. If you can shoot the eye out of rabbit at 100 yards then by all means shoot whatever you want. Not too many people eat the head. But if you're making a body shot you probably don't want to eat what a .338 left. It's an extreme example but you get my point. I'm not bothered by recoil but I still don't shoot any more than a 30-30 on deer. It leaves lots of meat still intact and kills the deer quick enough. If I'm hunting something with teeth and claws and an appetite for human flesh than I bring the big bores out to play.