Great Lakes Firearms SUB-1 308 Win Lichen Green Rifle

Great Lakes Firearms builds the SUB-1 as a 308 Winchester bolt action, and this one comes with a Lichen Green stock instead of the usual black. Green is a practical choice on a working rifle: it hides scuffs, it does not read as jet black against timber, and it makes the gun easy to pick out of a rack of otherwise identical rifles. The 308 chambering behind it is the reason most people buy a rifle like this. Factory ammunition is everywhere, the recoil sits at a level most shooters can handle without developing bad habits, and it covers deer, hogs and black bear without any apology.

A bolt action in this class does the ordinary things well. The action locks up the same way every time, there is no gas system to foul, and cleaning is a rod, a patch and five minutes at the bench. Put the glass you already own on top and it will do the job from a truck, a stand or a bench, and the green stock means you will know which rifle is yours when three of them are leaning against the same wall.