After looking at all the beautiful rifles, I'm almost ashamed to mention mine. Almost...but not quite. Because I have 2 or 3 beautiful rifles but for the last 6 or 7 yrs, I take my little Marlin xl7 in 25/06. For 15 yrs or so prior to getting the Marlin, I shot my 77 UL in 270 and thought I would retire using it. But I like the Marlin and bought it because it is light and I had previous had a 25/06 and loved it but didn't like the heaviness of it after I had back problems. I put a Vortex Viper 2-7 Var. on it. I shoot 120 gr. Core-Lokts and have never had to change the scope since I got the rifle. In those 6 or 7 yrs I think I have killed around 15 deer, have never missed, and have seen what every deer has done when I pulled the trigger. Most have fallen where they were standing when they were shot. For me, it doesn't get any better than that! For now anyway...lol
