This is an easy one for me. Hands down anything 30/06!!!! Every redneck I know owns one and swears by the 06. Drives me crazy mainly because Im a 7mm fan. Funny thing is I bought an Encore 15" 06 last year and killed a deer with it. Just last week I bought the biggest piece of "trash".... the WORLD FAMOUS 742 and get this....with see thru mounts. I grew up watching my grandpa hunt with one so I scooped it up. The Encore barrel was the only gun I was allowed to hunt with on a buddy of mines farm because of course he loves the 06. He even sat on the stand with me and watched me shoot the one with Encore.