As I have got reacquainted to this sport, that I liked much and got introduced to as a young teenage boy, many years ago. Most of my friends did also learn to shoot near same time of our lives. got away from the sport for many years , when I moved to south Florida. Not to dwell, but I had not done shooting for long time. Through friendships at work, I found many who were into shooting and this resparked my enthusiam to shooting sports, going out to shoot with them. Now over 3 years ago, I began to research and collect guns of my interest, both rifles and pistols. Adding a 30-06 was nearly a no brainer, but took time to choose witch to get. many top guns in today's market, so I did much research. The package of the Browning AB3, with the Scope was a great deal. My biggest surprise was when I picked the gun at the FFL, it also included a hard side case ??? I was very pleased with the rifle and Browning quality, first I have owned from Browning. Highly recommended as a high quality gun !!!