starboy, as a fellow conneticut resident i must send out a word of adivce, don;t expect to use rifles for deer hunting unless you have private land, the entire state is shotgun/muzzleloader only. and as far as rifles go nothing larger than a 22LONG RIFLE is legal. i don;t know how this changes your options but i would personally get

one good shooting 22lr
one t/c encore with 12g slug barrel. and 50cal muzzleloader barrel. then you can buy any other barrel you want in case you plan on hunting other areas. get your 223 barrel for shootin, your midsize deer barrel,

as soon as my tax refund comes in thats what i;m gettin
and another good thing about using this setup, you only change barrels the rifle stays the same, so you;ll be oh so familar with it,




where in CT are you? drop me a line maybe we can do some huntin/fishin