Oh my so much controversy,one guy wants to use a 30/06 ,i am in favor of SOME calibers in rifles but thats a bit too much.WE would have to look at each caliber trajectory and decide that way.I use a 44mag pistol now for deer,whats wrong with the 44 in a lever action? is it any differant? How about the 35 remington in a TC contender? Some are acting like a rifle is so much more dangerous, all guns are actually,some are more like the 30/06 thats why 'they' could pick and choose and eliminate the higher power/long range calibers.I am a traditionalist but i am no more dangerous if i used a rifle since my caliber would not shoot any farther than a in-line muzzleloader/sabot,TC contender,or a rifled/scoped shotgun with sabots.to all that disagree look at ammo tragectory charts for the 'kind' of calibers that would be allowed,and NO dont look at 30/06-7mm mag-25/06-.243 ect.just because its 'always been'dont mean we have to stay with what we're using now,not when there's no differance.