RE: whats a good deer caliber?
.270, .25-06, 30-06, .308, 7mm-08, .243, 6mmRem, .280Rem, 7mm mag, .300 win mag, .257 Roberts, .240 Wby, 250-3000, .444, .45-70, 30-30, .35 Whelen, 6.5 x 57 mauser, .264 win, 7-30 waters, .35 Rem,
there's about 1% of the good whitetail rounds out there without getting into the short mags, bigger magnums and all the wildcats out there... the one you own now will do everything you could ever ask of it inside 500yds, provided you are using a quality bullet and have good optics on your rifle.