My favorite rifle for hunting deer and everything else I'll ever hunt is my push feed Model 70 Featherweight 7X57. It's topped with a 1980s vintage Burris 4X scope. All I load it with are 160 grain Nosler Partitions and a stiff load of H4350 powder in R-P cases and WLR primers.
My favorite of all my hunting rifles too. Mine wears an older Leupold 3x9 Compact.
But if I’m expecting longer range shots, I’m going with my Remington Classic 700 264 Win Mag. With a 125 gr Partition, I’ve taken multiple antelope, mule deer, whitetails, and no telling how many feral hogs out to 400 yards with it.
And a truck load of coyotes with a 120 gr Ballistic Tip.
Furthest kill with my 7x57 Featherweight was probably 275 to 300 yards with a 140 Partition. Not that it won’t shoot further, I know my 264 Win Mag is just flatter shooting. Guess it gives me confidence since I’ve made most of my longer shots with it.
