I've gotten a number of deer with a Savage. Its a nice rifle. Many of their short action rifles are actually the same length as their long actions but they have a different bolt. So if one ever wanted to convert to a 30-06 it is doable by changing the barrel and bolt.
Oops, I forgot, also you'd have to lengthen the magazine well and get new innards for it.
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