RE: looking for a good deer only cartridge in bolt-act
ranitro
Yeah the 308 will do what you want but so would a 260rem or 7mm-08 & they would be both a little bit more comfortable to shoot at the range.
My rifle has just arrived,its a tikka continental(heavy barrel)that I intend to use for silhouette target shooting which involves knocking over 75 pound metal targets at 500 yards,so it would definately be very capeable of taking deer out to 300 yards.
The 260 & 7mm-08 use a 308 case,necked down to 7mm & 6.5mm for the 260.
Good luck
Tumbo