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7mm-08 is my favorite of the bunch but there are many choices out there to choose from.

7-08 would be my choice.
Rem MD 7, 3X9 Leo.

love my cooper 54 260, would fit the bill nicely

is she in a wheel chair?
just curious as thats the only reason i can think some body would be interested in shooting deer at 600 yards.
If you want to check your ability at that range , why insert a living animal into the equation. shoot a fking paper plate.
They dont run off gut shot and die an agonizing death.

+1

I have a Browning A-Bolt with a 22" barrel that wears a Leupold VX3 1.75-6x32 in Tikka Lightweights. Right at 7.5#.

With a 120 NBT/45 grs Varget or the Winchester Supreme 140 CT load, it will do under an inch all day long from a bench, and I can routinely ring a 6 inch gong at 200 from field positions. I don't hunt areas with shots farther than that, so I don't practice any farther than that.

I have two little ones at home and don't get much time to shoot or go where I can shoot farther, but I have no doubt that combo would do fine out to 300+.

The recoil is negligible (I'll be the first to admit I don't like recoil), but the round just works on deer.

If you're thinking .260, think Remington 120 Accutip load. That was our favorite when we had a snubnosed Ruger Compact, and it killed very well albeit no shot longer than 100 yards on deer.

So I checked Rem's ballistics table, just now, and the 120 AT outperforms all the other loads in .260. Shoots flatter to 500 (-41 in.) and carries more energy (1,146 ft. lbs.) than the other heavier rounds.

Best rifle is one you can shoot. IMO, 30-06 is hard to beat unless you anticipate or are scared of recoil. I enjoy most calibers people have mentioned, .243 to .30 cals. Right now I'm really having fun with the .257 Weatherby and .250 savage. The .250 is far less expensive to shoot

600 yard capability is for when its in my hands. Just so you know she can outshoot 99% of men, she's not just a fat troll like you undoubtedly are. Thanks to everyone ( except for few) for your input looks like I'm going with a 260.

I have this gun in 7-08. By far my favorite deer gun.

I use my CZ 6.5x55 almost always, but I also like my little Sako L579 in 7-08 a whole lot.

Let her pick the rifle & you pick the caliber, of course. 7-08 would be hard to beat for a all around deer gun. Remington Model 7 or Maybe a Tikka Hunter.
The Tikka will out shoot about anything out of the box, when it comes to accuracy

My personal choice would be a Winchester Featherweight in 7x57 with a Compact Leupold VX-III 2.5 x 8

Once in awhile we hunt with a little gal in Wyoming who is a bit over 5 feet tall and might weigh 110 pounds....she has the horns on the wall, having killed some pretty big old mule deer and I have seen her in action a number of times.She has killed numerous mule deer, elk, and antelope, some when I was around,and she tends to be a very good game shot.

Her only hunting rifle is a Rem 700 in 270 Winchester. She does not read many ballistic tables or worry about foot pounds at 600 yards...

She knows that if she needs ammo she can pick it up about anywhere in the vicinity of Laramie.....not sure that can be said about things like the 260 and in some cases even the 7/08.

It would meet all around requirements, but what size of a target shot group are you expecting at 600 yards?

Because of wind drift, she may need to step up to something faster and heavier like a 6.5/284 with 140 bullets for extreme ranges.

I prefer my model 70 featherweight in 30-06. Light to pack and works for anything in this country.

She won't be shooting it past 200 yards. All of my guns are 10+lbs so I will use this gun often because it's going to be light weight. All of my guns will shoot .5" or under with handloads and I shoot them out to 800 quite often and keep a dope chart on all of them. If the wind is blowing hard then a long shot won't be taken, period. However, I do shoot in 600 yard competitions and can keep it in the 10 ring most of the time with bullets that have no where near the bc of a 130 Berger.

One of our forums very skilled/lucky trophy hunters "scenarshooter" posted a lot about his .260 chambering, you may want to go back over the past year and read some of them.

Happy Hunting

600 yards is to dang far for me......pizzz 300 is to far for me