RE: dream gun?????????
I could spend the rest of my life hunting with a new Ultralight arms or Bansners ultimate rifle in either 7rem mag or 338 win mag . If I wanted to spend a couple of thousand more then a D' Arcy Echols Legend in 338 win would fit the bill perfectly. The first 2 are based on push feed custom actions and the last one is a highly modified post 64 Winchester 70 action. All three have stocks from different makers but the first 2 make their own stock. Only one makes his own action(Ultralight). All but the Bansners come with their own custom scope rings. All would be pretty versatile rifles for all around hunting as well as being dead reliable and consistent . For scopes I would use the following: Leupold 2.5x8x36 on the Ultralight...Zeiss Conquest or Leupold 3x9 or 3.5x10 on the Bansner and a Leupold 3.5x10x40 on the Echols rifle...that is the only brand the man likes on his rifles and recommends. Probably irritate Woodseye with that comment but he can call the riflemaker and bitch at him.