243, 270, 30-30, 30-06, and 308 are all fine deer guns. I'm sure the 6.5 and 280 kind of rounds are great. however, unless on a hunt for "bigger" game I think it is a lot of coolness factor that causes Ave. hunters to stray from the traditional rounds.

bet we could do a study that shows the number of premium product stickers on ones truck is highly + correlated to shooting a non-traditional round.

I've been thinking of getting back to using a 30-30. I used to like that old lever gun.