I'd go with the Browning.I had the standard grade,but carried mine in a scabbard enough to get a little wear butshot two bull elk with it. Guns are made to be used and not to be safe queens.

Wish now,I hadn't sold it,but it was 13 pounds fully loaded. A tad too heavy to carry around at 10,000 ft

Last edited by saddlesore; 05/30/15.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles