I'm trying to lay my hands on as much reading material as I can find to see what exactly catches my eye. I have others in the safe that I would loosely term "milsurp" (SKS's, CZ858, M14icon's) but nothing with any real "soul" to it.

I do reload for various calibers including 30-06 and .308 so those are options.

I have seen some very nice examples of bolt action rifles from various countries but have yet to learn about their shooting performance. Ideally I'd like to be able to knock down a deer with a 50-60 yr old rifle using iron sights. I think that would be very satisfying, especially with the current obsession with the new "short magnums".

In summary, I guess I'm after a "classic milsurp" that I can appreciate viewing and using.