I actually own it already: a plain, out of the box Model 70 classic 30-06, in stainless and with the factory 'Tupperware' stock. Mine has an old Vari-X III in 2.5-8 on it and is BOSS equipped. I have a number of rifles and always mean to hunt with something else, but when the time comes to get the gear ready for a hunt, I always go back to that one rifle. It is accurate, utterly reliable, and more than adequate for whatever I am likely to hunt. Going on a big game hunt without it feels a little like going bird hunting without my Chessie-just plain wrong! We have a few stories, that rifle and I, and while I have some finer or more collectible rifles, that one is my favorite. My boys will get rifles and shotguns too when they are old enough, but this one they will have to fight over when I'm dead.