Which Rifle?
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rangerruck
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assuming you wanna keep down the ouch effect, i would say anything from 204 to 308 and 30.06 with the 204 being the most accurate, and the 308 and 30.06 having the most bullet options. you also have the plain old 223, and I would suggest looking into the old 6mm remmy or the 6.5 swedish. these two are both very good long distance shooters, without putting the hurt on. the 6mm remmy was a top five cartridge , when it came to a factory round , not a wildcat, that was one of the fastest and flatest.
whichever way you go, you can get a brand new Savage with a scope package, and use one of their factory calibers, or get one rechambered in the cal you like. It will be accurate, and cost under 400 bucks.
whichever way you go, you can get a brand new Savage with a scope package, and use one of their factory calibers, or get one rechambered in the cal you like. It will be accurate, and cost under 400 bucks.
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If you plan on hunting sometime later, I suggest a 308, if only target use, then a 223. Besides my BR rifle, the Tikka T3 has to be the most accurate rifle I own. Excellent adjustable trigger, outstanding accuracy, very smooth action, and you DO NOT have to bed the action, free float the barrel, or do a trigger job in order to achieve accuracy. You simply take it out of the box, clean it, then shoot it. That simple.
Mugsie;
I'll combine a couple of the above suggestions. Tikka in 6.5X55 Swede. Known to be both highly accurate in a good gun & also known to be very effective on game through elk.
I believe the Tikka is probably the most likely platform to find that caliber on unless you're shopping for an LHB. Good luck in that case & please let me know if you find one, 'cause I'd get one too.
900F
I'll combine a couple of the above suggestions. Tikka in 6.5X55 Swede. Known to be both highly accurate in a good gun & also known to be very effective on game through elk.
I believe the Tikka is probably the most likely platform to find that caliber on unless you're shopping for an LHB. Good luck in that case & please let me know if you find one, 'cause I'd get one too.
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Here's your requirements, as I understand them:
2. You use the prhase, "right now." If hunting is secondary, "right now," then you can look to a milsurp arm. They are usually heavy and have less-than-desirable trigger actions, so for hunting they take a back seat. You CAN hunt with them, but most folks use them for just shooting and having fun with. But, I get the sense you are talking about an Omni-Gun, a multi-tasking, commercial grade weapon. Read on...
3 & 4. Uh-oh. Any time you put the word "extreme" in a description, you jack the price. Think about it, "extremely fast car," "extremely rare," "extremely beautiful woman"... they all bring images of second mortgages, and in the case of the latter, some other potentially costly trade-offs!
Flatly put, Extreme accuracy OOTB is costly. If you really want it, get a Jarrett or other custom. That Tikka which is so highly regarded is a good choice at around $600. Before optics, secure transport case, ammo, benchrest gear....
However, better than adequate accuracy is easily gotten from names like Savage, Remington, Winchester, Browning...well, you get the idea. And as a reloader, you can work up loads that will be as accurate as possible in any given gun.
Want a short list of good commercial cartridges for range shooting, for the newb reloader (component selection) and which may be used to take up to deer-sized game?
.243/6MM Rem
6.5 x 55 Swedish
7 x 57 Mauser
7mm-08
.308/30-06
There are others to be sure, this is just off the top of my head. Youll notice that 3 of 5 are milsurp rounds as well. However let me add one caveat:
Dont shoot commercial hunting rounds in milsurp guns much, if at all. Milsurp is invariably loaded to goodly lower pressures than the commercial stuff.
Best value for the dollar? Savage. But then, we dont know what you're calling a "budget."
1. You can reload for just about darned near anything. Sticking with common calibers will increase your choices in components if you want to experiment a lot. A good press and dies are worth buying, as you should expect at some time to be FL resizing, although you can get by in the little Lee Loader - which takes you back to common calibers.
2. You use the prhase, "right now." If hunting is secondary, "right now," then you can look to a milsurp arm. They are usually heavy and have less-than-desirable trigger actions, so for hunting they take a back seat. You CAN hunt with them, but most folks use them for just shooting and having fun with. But, I get the sense you are talking about an Omni-Gun, a multi-tasking, commercial grade weapon. Read on...
3 & 4. Uh-oh. Any time you put the word "extreme" in a description, you jack the price. Think about it, "extremely fast car," "extremely rare," "extremely beautiful woman"... they all bring images of second mortgages, and in the case of the latter, some other potentially costly trade-offs!
Flatly put, Extreme accuracy OOTB is costly. If you really want it, get a Jarrett or other custom. That Tikka which is so highly regarded is a good choice at around $600. Before optics, secure transport case, ammo, benchrest gear....However, better than adequate accuracy is easily gotten from names like Savage, Remington, Winchester, Browning...well, you get the idea. And as a reloader, you can work up loads that will be as accurate as possible in any given gun.
Want a short list of good commercial cartridges for range shooting, for the newb reloader (component selection) and which may be used to take up to deer-sized game?
.243/6MM Rem
6.5 x 55 Swedish
7 x 57 Mauser
7mm-08
.308/30-06
There are others to be sure, this is just off the top of my head. Youll notice that 3 of 5 are milsurp rounds as well. However let me add one caveat:
Dont shoot commercial hunting rounds in milsurp guns much, if at all. Milsurp is invariably loaded to goodly lower pressures than the commercial stuff.
Best value for the dollar? Savage. But then, we dont know what you're calling a "budget."
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