It's a toss up between two 1903 Springfields.

The first, my dad bought in 1946 for $12, a Rock Island double heat treat rifle. He sporterized it in the 1950s with shortened and turned-down barrel and a Herters birdseye maple stock. He gave it to me about 40 years ago. I replaced the barrel a few years ago with a medium contour 26" stainless barrel blank in .277 caliber (the blank came from a shop in Raton, I don't remember the name), and had it chambered to 270 Ackley Improved. It's a fine shooter, but way too heavy to carry very far.

The second, I built in the early eighties. (Don't get your panties in a twist, I used a new, never-barreled action I got from Sarco for $100.) It has a French walnut stock, with euro style comb and schnabel fore-end, a Douglas air-gauged barrel in light sporter contour, and is chambered in 25-06. The trigger is a stock military one, but I shoot it so well I figure why mess with success. I've killed several pronghorn and a bunch of coyotes with it.