and to NJSC, honestly i have never been hunting before. my girl has a .22 ruger for small game and i shot it the other day and it had no kick at all, a carry a glock 23 .40 and my girls says it kicks more than her glock .45 but i can nail a target 100 feet away with a subcompact glock, and 40 cal can only be found at certain places easily. i picked up some federal FMJ's for 14.95 after tax at wally world. also i have a bad neck and disc compression in my shoulders hence i don't want something that could hurt me worse, but they do have somethings that can be used i have read to help with recoil. if shit hits the fan deer run rampant around my house and if i needed small game i can always get my girls .22 for that ex cats, birds, chipmunks. lol. on tuesday i will have the money to go rent rifles and give them a test like i did with the glocks, everyone told me to get a 9mm because of the recoil and the .40 worked best for me. also i'm left handed and i know remingtom makes a .308 in the 770 series and i can have it ordered for being a lefty, i wish i could switch my mag release on my glock like this too.