Remember 40 years ago, your dealer could get a "hand-picked" M77R from one of the vendors in Shotgun News for an extra $10? I had a dealer do that, in .270 Winchester. I've been using them (and others) ever since, but when it comes right down to it, I'll grab the .270 every time. It works fine (so does the 7x57, .30/06, .25/06, .44 Mag,, .243 Win. etc.) Deer aren't that hard to kill.
Nowadays, I have a M70 Classic .270, and a Marlin .30/30, both of them work just fine. Deer just aren't that hard to kill.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
