Aint it so, Joe......wuz the days, aint no more!
I love my .22RFs, even tried to sell my CFs and just stick to them, but (but,but) my CFs are 'fun too', and aint that what most of our trigger time is about. And hey, this is the USA where its what we what, NOT JUST what we need.
Ive heard repeatedly that the 44-40 or 30-30, has taken more deer in the world that anything else (cartridges, that is), but I would guess its the lowly 22RF. Not that I advocate it for such; Im lonng past wanting to see how small a caliber I can 'get away with'. Nowdays Id rather be 'over-calibered' but medium velocitied.
Unless I had a lot of surplus ammo in the Com-Cal. that actually worked in the gun I would prefer the 30-30 and load whatever .30cal. bullet and weight I wanted, from 32-20 equiv. to 170 or even 190s.