My next budget gun will be a Compass. I haven't owned one but they seem to check off the things I like in a rifle, first and foremost a three position safety with locking bolt. I own a Mossberg Patriot and like it but the Compass comes with a longer barrel 24" for magnum calibers vs. 22" on the Patriot. I had a Ruger American, it shot good but the bolt stop failed on a Kodiak blacktail hunt and the bolt ended up in about 18" of snow when I was on a nice blacktail. That was enough for me.