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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hangfire" data-source="post: 4364413" data-attributes="member: 27673">My first deer rifle was a pawn shop Marlin 336 chambered in 30-30 with a mounted old steel tube Weaver 4X....killed several deer with it.Gun magazines of the day convinced me that the 30-30 didn't kill deer dead enough and that a 30-06 was what I just had to have so I traded off the Marlin and picked up a bolt 06'.....took several deer with it also but I never much cared for the thump.Not really interested in elk and with deer in mind, although a 7mm08 is certainly capable with the right bullet, I got to reading about the 7mm08 pretty hard and bought one and have never looked back....very accurate and easy on the shoulder.</blockquote>