moooose102
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what is it about this / why are so many people wanting to know what is the SMALLEST caliber for hunting something? it really does not cost any apreciable amout more to shoot a deer with a 270 than it does with a 223, and the results are so much better. same goes for elk, or wild bores, or lions, or elephants. USE ENOUGH GUN! it makes no sense to me to try to hunt something with an underpowed caliber. there are no world record for this, no rewards, and really, not even bragging rights. if a guy tells me he shot a deer with a 223, i dont think, "wow, what a man". i think,"gesh, it is a good thing he has luck on his side". yes, i suppose you can kill an elephant with a 22 short. but it is going to be a long, miserable, die from lead poisoning or infection type of death. not the quick, clean, humane kill that i was taught was part of being a sportsman. so what gives. why do people want to kill a brown bear with a 218 bee, or something else just as underpowered.