... give me walnut, with blued or cased colored steel. Now
this is a rifle.
I'll never aspire to one of these, but I do have the "poor man's" version in several configurations in the form of the Ruger #1. Left to right we have a Light Sporter in 6.5x55, a Tropical Rifle in .375 H&H Magnum, another Tropical Rifle in .458 Winchester Magnum, another Light Sporter in .30-'06, and a custom Varminter in .220 Swift with a 28" 1:12" twist Lilja barrel.
Rifles like these are an absolute joy to hunt with. So light, so well balanced, and not nearly as slow to reload as some would assume. I wear a stretchy nylon cartridge holder on my left wrist, so when I push the trigger guard lever forward to open the action and eject the empty, my right hand is right there. I just grab the next one from my wrist band, stuff it in the chamber and close the action. The rifle never leaves my shoulder and my eye never leaves the sights. I would defy most to run their bolt actions as quickly.