re: Deer Rifle Shopping

There are tons of different calibers that will kill deer no problem. 243 and up. You don't have to have some overbore magnum for deer. I've killed all my deer with 243 or 6.5 creedmoor. What I would do personally is try to handle as many rifles that appeal to you and work the action, trigger and safety and see which ones feel better and like more. I think we (especially me) get caught up in either specific calibers or looks of a gun instead of going by what feels good when you handle and shoulder the rifle.

That said I love Tikka but be aware their twists for some reason are slow on alot of calibers. But I've never heard a Tikka that didn't shoot good. I have a hell's canyon in 6.5 prc that I haven't shot yet but man it's so smooth. If you want a wood stock a winchester model 70 is hard to beat. Savage is probably the best budget gun just make sure to get the accutrigger.