xmarine... I seriously doubt that you have as much experiance shooting as I have unless you are talking about a few military arms and just burning ammo in em. or... some once a year police qualifiying at stupid short ranges (I get to watch the police train at the range on my plants property).
as for the fuzzy little rodents you are so concerned about... maybe you ought to see how they die from the poison that is used on em.
The way it works it that it makes em really thirsty and feverish... they drink any water they can find and the water helps the poison work... it takes em days to die.
I don't feel in the least cruel blowing em in half with a 44 or plinking em with a 22 smith and wesson masterpiece.
I bet you that I have fired more different guns than you have even heard of.
I may not have shot the most rounds of some of the competitors here but I was averaging 2,000 rounds a month for decades. I still shoot 4 or 500 a month, mostly reloads I have crafted. How many you shot last month?
How many ground squirrles you see die from poison from your los angles bar stool?
lazs