ferst off let me wilcome you and the 700 is a grat gun as far as the calaber go with 30/06 or a 270win the reson I sat this is thay work grat for deer and any thing that walk' s for that matter if you don' t won' t to spend alot of mony look at a savage I us a 30/06 and hunt every thing from coyotes to elk and it is grat you can get ammo any were for it and in any gran over the conter good luck