The thread title is "A question for the doubters" - we are now approaching 300 posts, to the OP - do you feel validated? There's been some good discussion sure, not sure if anything has been achieved.
People can and do choose to hunt with whatever takes their fancy - why would anyone care what anyone else hunts with....unless they have to share a hut or campsite with someone who wanks on relentlessly about how one calibre is better than the other?
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