Love your comment, "minute of deer" because that is so true so often. Many of us do not hunt in the areas, or hunt the game that calls for 200+ yard shots and many of the rifles/calibers discussed on this forum are well capable of taking deer and/or the coyotes at ranges of around a 100 yards or less. That's why I'm such a fan of the 06, works well from 50 to out to 300 or better if needed with a decent amount of knockdown power. Out of the four different Ruger no 1's I've had, the heavy barreled .204 was the only one that demonstrated so-so accuracy--why, I don't know, didn't keep it long enough to try and figure it out. The other three, another .204, the 30-06 and the 45-70 shot very well and the 06 was as accurate as my 700. My problem is guys at gun stores and out at the range keep wanting to buy my guns and I seem to have a problem with saying " no thank you, I'm going to hang on to it", but I'm learning--If this International turns out to be a "shooter", I'll take it to the grave------John
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