I think I'm working on my third forever rifle.
once I get the stock length and scope situation worked out on 2 of them I'm pretty locked in on them forever.
the first has been hunted hard and shows it, it's also the most plain jane looking rifle on the planet.
birch stock, push feed, Winchester model 70 that started life as a 270, then got changed to the 7X57 ICL, I had the throat on the 5-R barrel cut for 140gr. bullets.
it has literally taken everything from bunnies to moose with the Hornady 139gr interlock at an easy on the brass 2880 fps. [measured at 10 feet]
it needs the stock length adjusted to fit me a touch better to get it back in the rotation.
I picked it up dirt cheap in a box because the guy had it halfway done stopped short of the barrel change and final ream when he stopped being above room temperature.
the second is the 25-06 built on a BRNO action with a slower twist rate for 100gr bullets, that I fit a Huber ball trigger to.
it was intended as an antelope rifle, and for the occasional rock chuck that was smart enough to stay 300yds. away.
never bothered with the Antelope after seeing them day after day after day, and deciding it would be more of a drive out and shoot affair rather than a hunt.
it is a heck of a deer rig though.
the third is the Bergara 30-06.
I have everything lined out on it, but the scope situation, to make it a forever package.
all three of them are top notch under 1 moa any day all day rifles with their hunting loads,
you can't ask for anything better than that for big game, and I really don't need anymore besides the varmint rigs I already have.
anything I put together from here on out will be for the 2 G-kid's future use.