Hello Everyone!

I am new here, have hunted a number of times with my uncle and decided that I enjoy it immensely. A couple of friends and I have decided to take up hunting together, most likely in New Hampshire, so it was time to stop borrowing whatever rifle my uncle or one of his buddies brought along and pick up my own.

First and foremost, after much review, debate and consideration, I decided that the .30-06 was the caliber best for me. I have shot .243s .270s and .308s as well, so it is not like this will be the first gun I learn to shoot on, so I don't feel like I will develop any new bad habits from going with this caliber.

The next question was what gun to get. I had selected a variety of guns to look at and research, including the Mossberg 100 ATR, the Mossberg 4 x 4, Savage Axis, Marlin XL7 and eventually decided on the Ruger American Rifle. Bought it today, but because of state law there is a waiting period before I can take it home, so no pictures...yet.

Anyway, look forward to learning more from the experienced individuals here and will probably spend the first couple of days/weeks here doing more reading than posting.