re: Question regarding rifle specs and Ammo

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Marlin 336 in 30-30 has been killing deer for a long time and is perfect for this range. The ability to mount a scope close to the bore axis will give you +/- 1/2" trajectory when zeroed with a maximum point-blank range of 125 yards. Something that is hard to obtain with an AR style rifle with a high sight over bore axis. Ammo is readily available and fairly inexpensive.
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try to keep it in the 5-7k range

Use the other 5k for something else.

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Good advice. No need to make your project overly complicated and very expensive, unless you want. If you want to, that's ok, as well.