Any of the rifles in the .243 to .270 range will kill a deer, IF you do your job of bullet placement. Something you may not think about is to get a good anatomy picture and study it to know where to shoot the deer, keeping in mind the different angles and where the bullet will go when it enters the deers body. Be sure to pick a quality scope to match the type of hunting you are going to be doing. I don't use anything other than a bonded bullet also.