Remington 700 .270, bought 30-odd years ago with paper route money, has taken lot's of game and is dear to my heart....recently picked up a Ruger 77 .270 that now has 2 deer for 2 shots....also a .50 cal T/C White Mountain Carbine that got my doe last year....love it's small size/weight, it's also taken elk, but I think if I were more serious about the elk I'd get a .54...."Power-Belt" bullets rule! For optics on my modern weapons I like Burris or Redfield scopes, 4x or 2x7. Frankly, I see little use for anything more than say, 6 power. I hunt my whitetails on 3x and my muleys on 4x or 5x.