Since you ruled out varmint rifles.................. my favorite "other" rifle is a Winchester M70 Classic Synthetic Matte, restocked in a B&C stock, 24" standard barrel, in .270 WInchester. It has a Leupold Vari-XII 3-9X scope, Pretty plain vanilla. It shoots great, though, throwing 130gr. Sierra ProHunters into a 1/2" when I do everything right. It still shoots well when I don't do everything right. I call it "Old Death", and whenever I have it in hand, deer just come in and fall over, because they know they can't outrun the bullet. It's a "lucky rifle", and that can't be discounted at all.

If you include varmint rifles, that would be a CZ 527 in .204 Ruger, I've never missed a shot at a critter with it. It's "lucky", too.


You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.