my favorite is a remington model 514. it is a single shot bolt action with a 24" barrel, open sights. cocks on closing, very simple gun. i found it under a bunk bed at the family cabin when i was in high school. no one claimed it so it became mine. it was very rusty, stock looked bad, but after i cleaned it up it shot great. then i stripped the stock and found out that it had a really beautiful piece of walnut. i completely stripped the metal, getting some phosphoric acid from my chemistry teacher. completely redid the finish on the wood and metal. the cold blue has since worn off mostly, and my dumbass brother who was too cheap to buy his own guns took a chunk out of the awesome stock. i have had it now for 23 years, i still shoot it quite a bit.