I think the more important question should be is this rifle going to be strictly a deer rifle or will you be hunting other game with it. The WSM' s don' t exactly have the market on ammo availability, and they will be somewhat expensive to shoot. There are many other cartridges that will do what you want and be lighter recoil and factory ammo more readily available, like the .270, 7MM Mag, 30-06, 6.5x55 on and on and on.