Over the years I slayed my share of deer with any manner of centerfire rifles, all action types, bullet shapes and diameters. The last few seasons have found me toting a Savage lever carbine in .303 Savage exclusively- because I like it, and it suits me and my style of hunting. Oh, and the bullets I use? Really really old school- flat nosed 190gr. cast lead bullets. Perhaps this year I'll finish building my .30-40 Krag custom rifle in time for deer season, in which case the bullet will be a 220 grain cast lead number, round nose of course.

I kind of like being the only guy in my neck of the woods who doesn't carry a RemWinRuger with a Hubble telescope on it chambered in some 3000fps wonder cartridge. It's only a deer for petesakes, let's not overthink it.

"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty