Interesting: ten years later than I thought! My impression may have been colored by my youthful experience, which was mainly in the West, where anything but a "thutty-thutty" was considered just plain strange!

I understand that in the East this was a caliber that was valued as a reliable deer killer for over half a century. Ken Waters dispels most of the myths about it in his article in "Pet Loads" (originally in "Handloader" magazine).