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Whoa guys...what if he's

Whoa guys...what if he's hunting coyotes? 30-06 might be a little much. He hasn't said. Trigger, what type of game are you after? Is versatility important or do you only want to hunt a particular animal?

To the credit of JDogg and Hub, it's commonly said that .22LR, 30-06, and .375 H&H Magnum can humanely take any game living on planet earth. 30-06 is an incredibly well documented cartridge and it can take almost anything in North America...almost.

I would personally not recommend 30-30 Winchester. While it has probably taken more deer in the US than any other cartridge, it's not a very versatile round. It's rather slow, so it exhibits a lot of drop over 150 yards or so. It's also usually a chambering for lever action rifles which generally aren't as accurate as bolt action rifles at the upper edge of performance. It works, but if you're purchasing a rifle there are much better options for the same or only marginally more money.

For new rifles I would suggest the Savage 110 series with Accu-trigger. It's the best bang for the buck--period. Accu-trigger is superb, and its accuracy rivals that of the Remington 700, the industry standard. If I were purchasing a new rifle for hunting deer I would look at a Savage 110 in .308.

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