This board is great thanks for all the help guys. I have shot many different guns over the last few years but killed my first dear last year. I just have never owned anything (just mooched off my buddies) but now i think i would like to own a " deer gun" and s shotgun for inland game. I have always been a die-hard fisherman and know everything under the sun about salt and fresh water fishing and always thought how could some not know what i am talking about when talking about fishing..... well now i am on the other side of the fence.... but learning. It is like learning a different lang.

I liked the feel of the .270 and the 7mm that i shot. We killed a couple of deer with the 30.30 and that was effective (both of the shots were under 100 yards) wasnt too much in to the 30-06 but i might have just been the gun.

I am thinking of the remington 77 re mag with the leupold varix- III 3.5-10X40mm
think that would last me a lifetime for what i need....