Ditto on what Flags said! My 7mm Rem Mag is my main deer rifle and it has never let me down. I originally wanted a .270 but got such a great deal on the barely used 7mm that I could not pass it up. It is a bit overkill for whitetails but just make sure I shoot behind the shoulder and has never been an issue for me. I would love to try it on Elk one day or take it to Africa for plains game. That cart. came out in 1962 with the intro to the 700, the year I was born, and was the only caliber you could get in that rifle for the first year or so if I remember correctly. Anyway, thats what I would use for what its worth. Good luck regardless what you end up using.