Beautiful gun you have there.

308, 270, 30-06, 7mm-08, 25-06......The deer wont know the difference.

Im a Savage fan. My Savage smokeless ML is the bees knees. Also love my 17hmr savage. I had a 111f in 7 mag but sold it. I wish I hadnt. That gun was a much better shooter than my current 700 in 30-06. I like the 700, its a beautiful older bdl model with an AMAZING trigger but just doesnt group as well as id like. That said its more than sufficient for a whitetail within 150 yrds.

Ive never had a 308 but am leaning towards an AR10.

Theres a reason some cartridges stay around forever and others fade away.