Hi everyone, my name is Lee, 41 years of age and am a Professional Pest Controller here in Portsmouth, in the South of England, Great Britain. I have own/used 7.62 (.308) cal rifles for target work and currently use BRNO’s in .17hmr, .22LR and a Remington 700 in .223 for my day to day pest control work. Here in England, we are not allowed to use a calibre that produces less than 1700 ft lbs of muzzle energy for the shooting of deer species and therefore, most of the deer shooters I know, tend to go for the .243 calibre of bolt-gun (semi-autos in anything other than .22 rim-fire are illegal here). I am looking to have a moderated rifle built for me in a straight-pull AR15 configuration and am considering the 6.8SPC calibre. The main target-species in question will be the European fox and Roe deer out to ranges of approximately 300 yards. I’ve been very happy with the Remy 700 .223 with V-max for the foxes out to this range, but I am looking to own a dual purpose weapon that I can legally drop foxes and deer with and be confident that the muzzle energy wont be below the 1700 ft lbs, but at the same time, not have an over-kill effect (if there is such a thing?). Any comments questions or advice from you guys regarding the calibre would be much appreciated! :wink: