I have many choices from .222 to .458 but every year I grab the same rifle that came down two generations before it got to me-

Pre '64 model 70 in 30-06 with180gr Winchester Fail Safes (formerly Black Talons) It prints a slightly overlapping cloverleaf at 100yds all day long with a Nikon Monarch 4-16x AO

I had it re-blued, the action Parkerized, bolt jeweled and had the trigger re-done. This rifle had a hard life before my time and now, it is just functional but still aesthtically pleasing... It probably weighs nine pounds but I'd still carry if it weighed more.


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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.