RE: Good long-range deer calibers.
Personally best gun for the money is an old WWII Mauser 98 8mm Mauser Ammunition. Easily able to kill deer out to 400+ yards. Very managable recoil and ammunition is not that expensive. I shoot mine open sights and you can take out a 2 liter at 250 yards with it open sights. The accuracy is there, the prices is there, and the power is there. They are very comparable to the 30-06 though. So with that being said if you have a particular rifle you absolutly like that is chambered for 30-06 it will do anything the 8mm will do and the 8mm will do anything the 30-06 will do but good luck finding a accurate rifle for under 200 dollars in the 30-06.