I can't believe that after 7 pages no one has mentioned that the near-perfect whitetail rifle already exists in the millions - Winchester 94 Carbine in 30-30. Spend the build money on hunting trips, go forth and kill whitetails by the truckload.

drover

223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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