I call these the "Three Sisters":

Left to right, custom .338WM built from parts, .300WM, .30-06.

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Lighter than walnut, accurate, impervious to wet weather, dang near indestructible.

They seem to be good luck, too. Five trips to the field, five elk. Two with the .338WM, two with the .300WM, one with the .30-06.

Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.