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Old 03-18-2016, 11:23 PM
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Welcome to HNI Brandon. Lots of good info and members here. Hope to see you stick around. What state and what game will you mostly be hunting. That'll help us answer your question. That being said... the savage you found is a very nice rifle, and will serve you well. A .300 mag will also work on basically anything in North America(Bigger for the big bears, but would still work...) I'd probably suggest something in the .243-.30-06 range for 99% of first time rifle buyers. But if you want the .300 mag, no problem with that.

You mentioned reloading. I enjoy reloading and recommend it for anybody interested. But it will cost you some $$$ and some time to learn. There's a good reloading forum here that can help you with info for that.
Hope that all helps!
-Jake
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