The 2d Amendment has NOTHING to do with putting game on the table. It has two purposes ...
(a)Instant formability of militias and
(b) it is a safeguard against any government using arms AGAINST US!
(c)Along the way it enables free men and women to defend themselves against criminals when seconds count and the police are minutes away
Therefore, if the government has Ma Deuce, I should be able to have Ma Deuce. I don't particularly want to have a machine gun, (not when I can knock either eye out of a sparrow at 600 meters with my trusty Swede Mauser in 6.5X55 ...honest) but if my fellow potential militia men do, good show! Were this country ever occupied, the occupiers would suffer heavy casualties from even the humble .22 long rifle hollow point, which in the right hands can do heavy damage at 100 yards,(since many of us can very quickly put 10 in a 1-ft circle at that range!) the shooter then perhaps picking himself up an AK or other heavier weapon. Scoped .308s, even 30-30's, which are the ballistic equivalent of the 7.62X39, would certainly make invading this outfit a costly business ... as the Nazis, Commies, Japs knew. And what the Legft conveniently ignores in all their condescending prattle about shooting ducks with Pa's old shotgun... or more than likely they'll say "rifle."
Hunting? Lots of fun. Got nothing to do with the Constitution.
Yep. I have a favorite semi-auto rifle that I practiced pop-up shots with for hunting squirrels in tall trees. Little buggers seem to know you have a rifle and just peek a head around for a second.
The largest land animal (Jumbo the elephant) was put down with a .22 short by a vet after being struck by a train.
My listing for the .22 LR has an energy of about 97 ft lbs. That's about the equivalent of a baseball bat swing, in a very small cross section.
/johnny