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Don't know about the rest of you fellas,but I'm impressed.

Bullet HOLES kill game. Not bullets per se, not scopes, not cartridge cases, not even rifles themselves.

It's the hole that does the killing. All other things are tools to help make the hole and place it where you want it.

Personally I like larger rifles. I DO NOT believe you NEED a larger rifle for most hunting.
50+ years of hunting and guiding in many states and a few other countries have formed my view of what works and what doesn't. Bullets that do erratic things can be super killers, and also can be super failures. And the problem is you don't get to vote as to which way they are going to work when you squeeze off a shot. So I am convinced that a deer hunter with a good bullet in his 243 is better armed then a hunter with a poor bullet in his 7MM Mag. If the bullet makes a good diameter hole and goes through the game in a relativity straight line leaving an exit wound, you have a good set of tools to hunt with -----------no matter what is stampede on the barrel or on the head of the case.

I seldom see hunters under gunned. I do see hunters shooting bullets that can and do give problems at times.

And I do see a few hunters ever year who are totally "under-skilled" and under practiced.