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When I was 14 years old, I saved all of my lawn mowing and paper route money and purchased a slightly used Remington 700 BDL in .270. It was a beautiful gun and all mine. The problem was I didn’t have enough money for a scope. My uncle gave me a hand me down Bushnell Banner 3x9 with a new set of Leupold rings to mount on that prized rifle.
That first year I shot a doe with that gun and was about as proud as could be of that gun.

Well for about the next 10 years I shot that gun about once a month and that thing became less and less accurate every year.
I just could not figure out why it would not shoot that well any longer. Over the years I have purchased other deer rifles and each time I put on quality optics and never had the problem I had with that first rifle.

I finally purchased a Leupold scope for that gun and now it is one of the prized possessions in my collection. It shoots where I want it to shoot now. That has taught me that optics can be just as important as a quality rifle.

My advice is to purchase the rifle and scope separately. Find things you want and are important to you in each one then pair the two to suit you, not what they decide to kit together to sell you.

It has also already been said but 30-06 is the way to go in my opinion.