RE: Anchoring caliber
Hey Skeeter, forgot to mention I'm left handed too so it narrows things down. Winchester makes a few, and Browning too...but they have gone heavily on the new WSM and WSSm lines. BLRs are also an option. But I'm pretty much looking at the standards from Savage, Ruger (which does make a LH 25-06) and the standards from Remington.
I'm starting to feel like saying "heck with it, they've all killed thousands of deer" and just finding the best deal I can...take the money I save and get better glass and more reloading "stuff".