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I am in the market for a couple rifles: one for my boy and one for me.

For background and context: I have little hunting experience and currently own a shotgun only used for occasional trap shooting. We will be practicing for a while at a range and have plans to hunt deer later this year. After a little reading, i chose a Savage AXIS II XP Compact (243) and a Browning AB3 Composite Stalker (30-06). However, once i tried pricing them out, I found very limited availability online.

Primarily, I would like recommendations for places to shop. I would also appreciate any comments or suggestions for both my gun and round selections. Any other suggestions are more than welcome (I will be buying all sorts of gear for this camping/fishing/hunting trip). I am just starting to plan this, so even the destination (currently VA federal forest) is subject to change.

After writing this, I now wonder if it is worth buying a 22lr rifle for the range to save on ammo cost.

Thank you.

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I am in the market for a couple rifles: one for my boy and one for me. For background and context: I have little hunting experience and currently own a shotgun only used for occasional trap shooting. We will be practicing for a while at a range and have plans to hunt deer later this year. After a little reading, i chose a Savage AXIS II XP Compact (243) and a Browning AB3 Composite Stalker (30-06). However, once i tried pricing them out, I found very limited availability online. Primarily, I would like recommendations for places to shop. I would also appreciate any comments or suggestions for both my gun and round selections. Any other suggestions are more than welcome (I will be buying all sorts of gear for this camping/fishing/hunting trip). I am just starting to plan this, so even the destination (currently VA federal forest) is subject to change. After writing this, I now wonder if it is worth buying a 22lr rifle for the range to save on ammo cost. Thank you. Edit: All but one capital letter was replaced as lower case.

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22lr will save you a ton of cash. Ruger 10/22's are great, look into the "takedown". It's good for a go bag.

Also, look into Tikka rifles. They are cheap and extremely accurate out of the box.

.308 is way more available than 30-06. Creedmore is also a super accurate round that's getting more popular. Might want to reconsider the 30-06. If I was going 30-06 I'ld just up it to 300 WinMag.

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Just fyi, creedmore doesn't have advantage over 7.62, in general, unless shooting > 600 meters.

[–] • 1 pt

Theres really no need to shoot a .300 win mag for whitetail, and this guy being new to rifles and hunting, i dont expect hes going to be shooting far. And a gun like that, even a grown man that is relatively new to shooting rifles is likely to develop a flinch if thats what he tries to learn on.

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I got a relative that strictly uses 300 win. mag. I can't beat his groups. That round is exceptional.

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its a good cartridge for bigger game or longer distances, if youre capable of shooting it. It definitely has its place. But its absolutely unnecessary for whitetail inside 200 yards, and not good for a new shooter. Just because a guy has a 300wm that shoots great doesnt mean everybody should use a 300wm for everything. What sorts of big game hunting do you do?