Rem 700 BDL in 270 and a used WideField 3x9 in 1972, on the advice of Jack O'Connor, of course. I hunted around the country and Canada with that rifle. I didn't know any better and took elk, mulies, antelope and whitetails for nearly 30 years. Then
Al Gore invented the internet and I learned that 270 bullets barely gave big game a bloody nose, so I had to give up traveling out west.
It stills shoots pretty well, tho the inside of the barrel looks like sundried alligator skin.
That rifle took some abuse as I learned to reload with it, and there were times when I certainly pushed the envelope. Wore out a Speer #8 manual. It never saw a round of factory ammo til after it was 30 years old and I did some benchmarking.
It is wearing its 4th stock, a kidsized plastic job fitted to 2 of my grandsons that learningto shoot with it.
Think my total investment was something less than $200.
