In the mid 80s, I bought a nice little Kimber in 6x47 as a starter deer rifle for my sons. It's now serving the same purpose for the grandkids. The 6x47 (222Mag necked up) was apparently the darling of the benchrest crowd at the time. I load the 85 gr partitions for deer. It's a sweet little rifle and, it works so well on deer I sometimes wonder why I fart around with 270's, 30/06's etc. Were I doing it today, I'd go with the 2x45, but I have plenty of brass.
