Thread: If you only had one to rule all

Slightly different approach but if I was you focus on the rifle.
Look around, go into a gun shop and handle some rifle. Get an idea of what you would like and what fits you. Once you have that sudsed then calibre sorts itself. You may end up with 2-8 calibre choices and reality is they all kill animals! I’m closer to 60 than I want to be and I’ve hunted since I was 14, killed first 6 animals with open sight .303 (my son used same rifle recently to kill a deer) Then I was onto 6.5x55, .243, .308, 7mm/08, and now I have (2) 6.5 CM - one 16inch suppressed and one 22inch.
One of life’s true joys is buying a new rifle, a new scope - calibre? No idea but whatever suits the hunting you are doing the most of. Buy two rifles if you want to shoot rabbits and deer.