alright rednekhuntr atleast someone knows a quality gun when they see one....my grama has one from one of her husbands...its also in 308..i used it to take my first deer...i love that gun...one day it wil lbe mine i hope....of all the great deer rifles out there i cant retier the mauser.....its long big and heavy...i still cant bring myself to buying a nice new little light rifle......it would kill me not to carry it out with me...its a beautiful gun and has more history then most any other gun out in the deer woods.....you should see me walk through thick cover with it.....i hold it like its my baby! lol...id really love one of the tiny ruger no1s...it seems it would be the ideal deer rifle for me the way i hunt in thick thick cover and walk 2 miles one way to our spot..the mauser sure puts back muscles on me..my dad had a no1 but hes not big on recoil and sold it....i could smacked him...i would loved to have it....but i have the money to buy my own now and still wont.....that means it or the mauser stays at home and i wont have that.....