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My favorite is my Contender rifle fitted with a 20 1/8th" 7mm Bullberry barrel. It drives a 120 grain Ballistic Tip to 2651 fps and has accounted for close to 1/4th of the 500+ hogs I have killed. Most of those have been taken with Contenders and variants of the 30-30 case. Given proper bullets, they provide all the power I need. I rarely take head or neck shots, use bullets specifically matched to the task at hand and have never lost an animal.

My 7mm Bullberry currently wears a Docter 8x56 with illuminated 4LP reticle. The fixed 8x is not an issue for me as I am mobility-limited and rarely have an opportunity closer than 150 yards. I can't get out and hunt anymore but do have a couple shooting rests in the yard. And once in a great while, hogs or coyotes afford me an opportunity to snipe a live target.