Deer rifle build.

Salmonhead said:

The long action is the catch. My first thoughts are 6.5 Creedmoor with 110 to 120 grain bullets to keep recoil down for the grand kids. Second thought is 7mm-08. On a long action, I would think the 7x57 or 6.5x55 would be sound choices. Plenty of kill power, good bullet selections with both, mild report, and not so big to scare off the kids. For simplicity sake, I wouldn't AI anything. You also didn't mention whether it was a standard or mag bolt face, but assume standard with the rounds you mentioned. Ive had good success with the Creedmoor and 110 Lehigh at modest distances. Recoil is noticeably less than 140 class bullets. Kills deer just fine. Also the 120 Barnes TTSX has good field reports so far. With any of the 7mm versions, its a little harder to get lighter bullets that aren't designed as varmint bullets. If recoil mitigation is high on the list, I would steer you towards 6.5s of some version to get the slightly lighter bullets.

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jahollis2 said:

Well I got a sweet deal on some 7mm bullets, so that narrows it down some. Lol. So now its between, 7 mauser, 284 or 280. Lack of brass and powder sucks. Makes it hard.
280: brass + plenty of hp
7x57: lowest recoil, can get remington loaded rounds + cool factor
284: brass, plenty of speed, poor factory ammo
I figure 140 gr close to 3000fps is plenty enough speed. High bc bullets are pointless to me.

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