[kraigwy]

I think the ethical distance for any gun has more to do with the shooter then the gun/ammo.

I grew up hunting with my grandmother's cousin. He did all his hunting, large and small game (white tails and hogs were the biggest critters) with a 25-20 pump. He was good with it. We weren't what you call rich, but he was worse off then we were. He fed his family on what he hunted and grew.

They always had meat, not sure he paid a lot of attention to hunting seasons, but back then game wardens didn't mess with subsistence hunters and in reality that is what he was.

I have a 25-20 Rem Model 25, its a great little rabbit gun but I don't think it would be my number one choice for a deer rifle.

Yeah a heavier rifle would have been better, but he didn't have one and couldn't afford one. But he could shoot, and that's what counts regardless of what rifle one shoots.