For Me? A .300 Win or 30-06 would be My cartridge and a boring Leupold VX3-HD 3-10x40 my optic mounted in some Talley lightweights....As far as the particular rifle goes I like Kimber and Winchester best for the CRF but if you are good with push feed a Tikka T3x Superlite is mighty hard to beat in a .300 Win.....Good hunting...Hb