I’m also looking for a deer rifle for my boys, perhaps I should start another thread.
Remington 770. Love it, except the butt plate. After only a few rounds, I was flinching and thinking this cheap ass piece of rubber must have come off a tractor.
It was throwing my rounds off by 5”, due to the flinching. It really hurt and I was surprised, since I had shot many other weapons with steel butts and no problemo.
Went and got a slip over butt extender and got my groups back down to 1” but I hated that cheap ass looking slip over.
Spent $70 on a nice extender and it just plain feels better.
I am thinking about getting a cheek weld, as I don’t care for how I have to shift around to get it right.’
But, other than that, I am now happy with the setup and my Leupold Mark 4 4.5-14x40mm. (couldn’t stand that cheapass scope that came with rifle. Tossed it in storage, if I ever neeeeeed it. Not)
All my scoped rifles have the Leupold Mark 4 4.5-14x40mm. You have to take some stock Bushnell POS and compare it the Leupold. Not even a contest.
The Leupold grabs more light at dusk and night than the junky Bushnell and I like to make adjustments with my fingers not some coin or screwdriver.
Not cheap though but damn near the best.
Love it!