Hey Heckler,
Youre right about the difference you point out in regard to bigrich's comments of taking a shot on a cat with a 30-06-i think he twisted the story a bit there (sorry bigrich, you i love ya man...!!!
) & i to a certain degree, agree with you on the whole over gunning thing...but I think labeling everyone who owns a magnum as having a "magnum crazy mentality" for shooting bunnies with a 7mmRM etc is actually falling victim to the same attitude you accuse these people as having....(in a small minded sense)...
My largest chambered rifle is a 7-08, & it is only my lack of available time & rabbit resources that has prevented me varminting bunnies with it and one day i hope to own a 7mm rem mag, & will most certainly use it on bunnies...but not for ego-over-gunning ego purposes, rather just for enjoying long range shooting purposes & getting better at accurate shooting with a good deal of recoil--ie just for improving myself sporting wise.
.yes my 7-08 & a 7mm magnum is overgunned for the kil of a bunny, but so is my 22-250, as is the 204 on bunnies..in fact add the .222 in there as well...
Im not trying to be smart, im just trying to point out that in this case, the pic the OP landed on the 1st page of this thread doesn't tell the story that he always goes small game hunting with a 500 nitro..
I too dislike the brain deads that go out & get a kick of mashing up animals & even leaving them half alive cos they think they're a cool version of rambo...but im sure most guys on here are the same in that respect...& for all we know the OP may have just wanted to use this rifle because he hasn't shot it for a while & so went for a walk with it....
I hadnt shot my 7-08 for 6 months, & last i was up the farm i pulled it out when i went for a late afternoon bunny looking drive, hoping i could get a 200 yard headshot on little roger...(or is it rojer,,,?) just to get that recoil itch out of my system...!
& although i dont know for sure, im guessing the OP, & for that matter MOST if not all of the guys who have made comments toward supporting him, would NOT go out hunting this over-gunned as a regular rule.
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...