The best deer rifle is all just personal opinion. Most people feel like they need some super duper setup, but the truth is that deer aren't hard to kill. My personal favorite is a Marlin lever action, I use a 336ss in 30-30. I have used a Remington 700 bdl in 30-06 since I was 15 years old, but I got tired of the recoil. It worked fantastic, but deer are just as dead with the 30-30. If you don't like lever actions do like Mr. deer Hunter said and check out the 760, either rifle in .35 Remington is a deer killing machine.