There are some interesting answers posted to this question. It wasn' t stated so I' m going to be the minority here and I would keep my little Ithaca featherlight 16 guage, or my grandfathers (I' m the 3rd generation to own it) hand-made spanish side-by-side 12 guage. But if It had to be a rifle then I got and old 30-30 savage in bolt action that is light to carry, dependable, shoots straight and looks pretty......... Thank got this is just a question and not reality!!!