Frick when you buy a gun it's got to make sense, hogwash or at least my gun cabinet says so. The 06 is probably the most vesitale rifle on the face of the earth, no that doesn't mean that it's the best choice in all situations but with the right bullet and shot placement it will do the job, it's the only reason I have one in the cabinet, I shoot it very seldom (it's a 1/2 group @ 100 all day long) butno cabinet in america is complete with out one