After thinking long and hard about it, or, well, at least gave it a passing thought- if I had to limit myself to but one rifle for deer hunting anywhere in this great land, it would be a classic bolt gun of 7-7½ pounds with a receiver sight and QR scope mount, chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. No matter how often I drive off into the bushes in my quest for the perfect deer cartridge/rifle (to include .22's, .25's, 6.5's .27's, etc.) I keep coming back to this. With the astonishing variety of bullet/powder combos available, the hoary old '06 is just as universally adaptable today as it ever was.


"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty