He originally said long range hunting.
That's going to take some practice to be proficient.
Other things. How far on average? Are you recoil shy? Etc.
If it's deer at 4-500 yards and you don't care for recoil, a 260 or 6.5-06 would be fine. A little more zip? Ackley either of them.
The cartridge, within reason, really doesn't matter as long as you can shoot it and use the bullet the hat will best accomplish what you need IMO.
You opened a can of worms asking a bunch of rifle loonies to help.
If the game is larger or extreme distance, then sure, a 7 or 300 is probably a good idea.
Just pick something you're comfortable shooting and can become very familiar with. There are lots of variables involved when you stretch one out.
By the way, when you hop on the slippery slope of building rifles, barrels are consumables.
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