I had one in 30-06 for several years and it killed many nice deer for me. I guess for a backup gun you can't go wrong. It was my prime rifle and I was short of cash. I didn't like the trigger one bit, way too much creep for me. So I traded it on a Tikka .270 and havn't looked back.Bolts hereFor my first and second rifles, personalopinion,If you think you like it Go for it. The one only other thing I had troble with mine is it would only work properly with the corelokt ammo. Federal, and Win seemed to not feed right. I kept it very clean and the action dry.