RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

my opinion for the perfect deer rifle would be the 270 or the 30-30. the 270 is good for long distance and as well as short . n the 30-30 is good for shrot to moderate ranges

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

but also depends on what species of deer Mulley < white tail etc

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

I don't know about THE perfect deer rifle, but this one is going to be MY perfect deer rifle.

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

Mike from Texas

That is absolutely a way cool looking gun!!!! I've heard the 6.5-284's are supposed to be very accurage. How does your shoot?

I've got a T/C 209 Muzzleloader, but I haven't bought any rifle barrels for it yet. Since I've got the 7MM-08 for deer, been thinking agout getting something on both ends like a 22-250 for varments and don't really know on the high side....maybe a 35 Whelen, 300 Win Mag or 338 Win Mag

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RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

The perfect deer rifle would be a modern rifle chambered in .303 British.

Nothing beats the .303!

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

308 winchester can take deer as far as any body can shoot,accurate and not to much recoil.

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

The 7mm-08 is a good cartridge but I wouldn't chose it over a .308 Almost completely due to the fact that the ammo and accessories isn't nearly accessible, at least not here in Kansas. Sure Cabelas and some of the other bigger stores have a small selection(compared to the .308) but I don't want to drive 2-3 hours just to get ammo. The same applies to reloading supplies. For what is gained in the 7mm-08, it just isn't worth it, not for me. The .308 can be as accurate as any comparable caliber out there. Just my 2 cents

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

Savage Model 110L .270. top it with a 4x scope, and you got yourself THE perfect deer rifle

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

I disagree with the original article. Not with the cartridge, 7mm08 is a good cartridge for deer.

It is the bolt action that I feel is not "ideal" for a perfect deer rifle. As much as one practices one can never get off a second and third shot as fast with a bolt as with a lever, pump or semi-auto. I have shot the majority of my game with a Win. model 70 in .264 win. mag. wearing a 3 to 9 scope. I have made a lot of one shot kills with it and I have cranked the bolt to get off a second and third shot. But I have missed a big buck that I didn't get a second shot at too. It has been a great deer rifle for me but not "perfect".

I now have a Savage 99 lever action in .300 savage with a 2 to 7 power scope on it. My choice for the "perfect deer rifle". If it was chambered in 7mm08 or 308 or 284or 7X57 or .257 Roberts etc. it would be no less perfect.

Robin

RE: The Perfect Deer Rifle
 

Thanks firstshot. I don't own it......yet. I'm in the beginning stages of building it. Only difference is mine will have a stainless match barrel on it with a muzzle brake and Bellm trigger job @3.5#. Since I will have well over $1k in this one by the time I'm done, I'm having to build it in stages. That's the beauty of building an Encore. I built my Encore pistol in .260 Remington the same way. I'm buying the frame and stocks, then the barrel, then the scope & mounts, then finishing it off with the trigger job and bi-pods. With a 26" match grade heavy barrel, it should be a tack driver out well beyond my shooting capabilities.

I'm putting a Nikon Monarch 5.5-16.5 x 42 on it for the scope. Should be very deadly medicine on Texas whitetails.