If you can find a good used Winchester Mod. 23, I would recommend it. Since they are no longer made, prices seem to be creeping up on these, but they should also be a good long-term investment, like a lot of discontinued Winchesters.

I just gave mine, a Pigeon Grade XTR, to my son for Christmas.

I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....