Good morning guys!
I guess it is really a individual thing! For myself, deer hunting in fir/spruce thick brush in snow with a wood/blued color case M-93 or M-94 carbine in 38-55 or even a 30-30 is hard to beat!! On the other hand, as much as I like nice walnut and blued rifles, I find use for stainless synthetic rifles for moose. Especially with the need to canoe across lakes and all the rain we get during moose season in October...