RE: Help me pick a new deer rifle
The .308 is a great round. I hunted with it for years accurate and will get the job done. Rebel is right if you want JUST a deer rifle I would suggest a 7mm-08 or 25-06. I just replaced my .308 with a 30-06 Saturday. Not because my .308 wouldnt do the job but it was an older gun I wanted to retire and I just like the 30-06's ability to hunt anything in North America. Now that being said if I were just using it for southern white tail (Georgia). Yea 30-06 is actually overkill. I've laid down deer with a 30-30 too. We all know that once their dead ..... their dead. My only question to ask is this.... Is this rifle ONLY for white tail deer or will you want to use it for hog or bear (not evengrizz mind you, but your average appalachan blacke)?