All of my rifles are military variants which I could technically use to hunt with but I am now looking in to a bolt rifle for that purpose. Going to be using it for deer/pronghorn, maybe elk some day if I give up on getting one with my bow.

Think I pretty much decided on a Howa 1500 HS, just need to decide between .308 and 6.5 Creedmore.. or maybe even 6.5 PRC. From what I can tell these are all pretty close in performance within 400yds with the 6.5 performing better at a little longer distance but honestly I?m not sure I would be taking shots that far anyway. The other issue is ammo availability for any of these, I imagine .308 will have a wider variety of options available by the time Sept hits.

What does the ar-15 community think?