The rifle I bought in '74 after getting out of the Army: A Parker-Ballard, Mauser-actioned .30/06 with a 4x scope. I hunted groundhogs with it, deer, and would feel well armed anywhere in the world.



"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
Robert E. Howard