No kidding lycoming, you said it...Some hunting situations are definately not the place for your tactical setup. I found it hard to use the hunter's bread and butter, a fast offhand shot, with my rig. While its sweet for long shots in fields, that 10 power scope was a curse in this situation. So was the length of the rifle. BTW, I use the silvertip in 300 win mag for deer myself, doesn't it have some great terminal ballistics though? Match ammo is actually a little more expensive here anyway (GMM).
I guess on deer, well, their chest doesn't really offer anything a .308 cal match round couldn't handle, and neither do the shoulders. Plenty of poachers make a living with the 22LR after all...Shot placement. Hey, I would rather see someone chasing deer with the GMM than that. It's just not what either bullet was designed for. Wouldn't wanna see a shot stray a lil and hit a shoulder. Buh-bye, meat!
Dang Mel, I've never heard of anyone hunting with their duty rifle before...Thats great! At least it gives great training for shooting moving targets in fast situations, no?