re: #51 wheat-dogghazi

S&W classifies that as a “sporting rifle.” I can tell I’m not a gun enthusiast, because that sucker looks like something you’d go to war with (properly modified). Do hunters really use something like that to shoot deer, etc.?

Too small a caliber round for most hunters tastes for use against large game animals. However hunters do use 6 and 7mm rifles for hunting deer and wild sheep on a regular basis. While those rounds are not all that much bigger than the 5.56mm/.223 round they pack considerably more punch in foot pounds of energy delivered.