A .444 Marlin is a long ways from being an "elephant" gun.
That's what people used to say to Bell.
But since I'm not likely to encounter any pachyderms on our lease, we'll never get the chance to find out for sure.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
