I really want to get a new gun and after a long evaluation I am stuck on the 7mm Rem Mag. I have a 243, a 7mm Rem Mag and a 300 Wtyby. The 243 dropped every deer I shot right in their tracks. I only shot one deer with the 300 but it went right down but it really had quite a hole in it. I was about ready to switch calibers when several deer that were well hit ran after being shot. One must have run almost 100 yards and its heart was hit with the shot. I used different size bullets with the same results all with pointed soft points. Then I was advised to try ballistic tips. Very different results. I now am very interested in tryingshells with tipped Barnes triple shock bullets.

In many ways I think the kick of the 7MM is different than the 243 in that it seems more of a big push than a sharp punch of a 243. Now the 300 is different all together and not too much to take but I think more than I want to deal with for deer. There are a few calibers that interest me as well but I can't get it in a left hand gun. In my opinion probably the most versatile gun that if fine out to 300 is the 30-06 but for some reason I just can't convince myself to desire that caliber.