Perfect big game rifle? Man, is that a subjective question! Depending on my mood and what I'm hunting I have about 40 in the toy box chambered in as many cartridges. They vary from heavy Shiloh Sharps rifles to svelte Mannlicher/Schoenauer's, double rifles, finely crafted pre-war Mausers, a nice, old Husky in 9.3 X 57 on a '96 action, drillings and German single shot rifles. There's even a Model 70 Featherweight in 270 which is also the only one to wear a scope....and hasn't seen the light of day in 20 years. I've carried most of them from here at about 1000 ft. ele. to almost 10,000 when we lived in Wyoming.