This whole discussion is very interesting.

Slightly OT I guess...

Not that it'll EVER happen, but I personally would love to see a military Ordnance-style test of supposedly dead-reliable Dangerous Game rifles and ammunition.

Comparative testing of rifles complete with sand, mud, rust {sal ammoniac immersion}, squib and overload ammo testing along with testing of corroded ammo.

Truthfully, such guns would not have to be tested to destruction. Parameters could be modified to leave a gun functional while still exposing probable areas of weakness and flaws that very truthfully could put a hunter in real danger.

Such test parameters are pretty easy to establish per old Ordnance documents.

Such a test would separate the Rock Stars from the Groupies and I am pretty certain some very Sacred Cows would wind up in the barbeque pit.