Thinning the herd makes perfect sense to me. I've been giving guns to my 5 sons and SILs for a few years and am now giving guns to my 11 grandchildren. Still have several 308s, 06s, and 243/223s but there going as kids grow. All I'm interested in now is one ruger Hawkeye in 308win. It will easily handle hogs, deer, and elk till I check out. Ymmv.