Welcome to the forum there is a plethora of good advice on here. Sadly your first post will probably stir the pot and you will hear a lot of opinions. Here is mine. I personally love the remington model 700 they make em in many calibers and configurations for most any types of hunting. Ive never had problems with mine and i own no other brand of bolt gun currently. Now to play devils advocate.... other brands such as ruger, sako, kimber and tikka all make damnfine rifles for what most do with em. What are you hunting? What caliber are you looking for?