It seems a question was asked and some very good answers were given but Grandveneur has dissagreed with most. Maybe he should just state his choice and be done with it. The choices men make are a subjective thing based on where and what they intend or would like to hunt and no-one knowingly makes bad choices. All the choices I have seen would be workable battery's within the paremeters of the question unless shots were taken that were marginable under the circumstances and a HUNTER would not take those. I would hunt anything anywhere in New Zealand and elsewhere with the 7x57 and with proper loading will take all game animals I might want to tkae it against. Know your rifle and its trajectory and you can do what needs to be done. The 404 will take care of the rest. Something else in the 222 clas would round it out and for me I would use my 20 VarTarg.

von Gruff.