I also vote for the 260 Remington. I have a 15" Custom Shop heavy barrel with a muzzle brake and I absolutely love this gun. With the brake there is virtually no recoil. I'd compare it to shooting a 38 caliber pistol but with no muzzle jump at all. I can watch the bullet hit the shoot n c target through the scope every time the recoil is so mild. So far I've taken 2 deer and 5 hogs with it. One piece of advice though, stay away from the ballistic tip style rounds for deer. The 6.5mm is still to thinly jacketed in my experience to be used on deer or larger game. If you shoot factory ammo, go with the Core Lok Ultra. Or better yet, have Nosler Custom Ammo load you up some 125 grain Partitions.

I also had some custom loaded Barnes 120 grain TSX rounds loaded up and shot through and through (2) 100# or so pigs this past weekend. One was a head shot and it went through and then through the shoulders of the one behind him. Devastating, absolutely devastating.