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And ST, speaking of .35 Remington rifles, my second-oldest sister  recently decided to go deer hunting with her husband, my hunting mentor and outdoors spiritual partner of 30 years. She shot two deer during her second day in the woods with a pawnshop .35. She brought the picture -- blonde braids, camo-painted face and all -- to school to show her students. They were in awe but not surprised, being as her classroom is full of outdoors "artifacts," including a beaver-chewed stick from the Q and pieces of a pike spine.

 I would be willing to bet, that more deer and black bear have been taken in ( lower 48) with the Winchester 30-30 and Remington .35 than any other caliber. I laugh at all these guys caring Magnum caliber rifles with there vicious recoil for deer hunting in particular. It's all about shot placement not necessarily caliber. My Irish born Grandfather on my Mother's side used to get a deer every year with a single shot .22 rifle. That was back before the DNR set minimal caliber standards. He was the head Greens Keeper at a local golf course, that in that day was in the "boonies". He would take a big wool blanket and a oil lantern into the woods and sit against a stump with the blanket over him and the lantern keeping him warm. Sooner or later a big buck would wander close with curiosity and Granddad would pop him in the head, a quick clean kill shot. All the club members who were also hunters couldn't believe he got a bigger buck every year than they did and with a .22 short too boot ;D