Wanderling
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Nobody in my family hunted when I was growing up, so no experience with rifles. I've shot quite a few AK's and AR's owned by friends, but never owned a rifle myself.
I have a couple of 9mm pistols and a .22 scoped Marlin that I bought to teach my kids the basics of shooting. I actually enjoy shooting that Marlin immensely, and was thinking about getting something more "real".
My requirements:
- not expensive and easy to find yet powerful and accurate round.
- inexpensive, bolt-action or semi-auto, accurate, easy to scope rifle, relatively light / not too large so that it could double as HD weapon. I hate "tacticool" and would prefer a clean, classic design.
I looked at Mosins but heard very different things about their accuracy. Also they seem kind of hard to outfit with a scope, and the round may just dry up in a few years.
I guess that leaves me with choice of either a .223 or .308. The first is more economical and probably less recoil, the second more accurate / bigger punch but also more expensive.
Range wise, I would likely not shoot past a couple hundred yards. No good place around here (most ranges are up to 100 yards) and my vision is not the best.
Any suggestions ?
I have a couple of 9mm pistols and a .22 scoped Marlin that I bought to teach my kids the basics of shooting. I actually enjoy shooting that Marlin immensely, and was thinking about getting something more "real".
My requirements:
- not expensive and easy to find yet powerful and accurate round.
- inexpensive, bolt-action or semi-auto, accurate, easy to scope rifle, relatively light / not too large so that it could double as HD weapon. I hate "tacticool" and would prefer a clean, classic design.
I looked at Mosins but heard very different things about their accuracy. Also they seem kind of hard to outfit with a scope, and the round may just dry up in a few years.
I guess that leaves me with choice of either a .223 or .308. The first is more economical and probably less recoil, the second more accurate / bigger punch but also more expensive.
Range wise, I would likely not shoot past a couple hundred yards. No good place around here (most ranges are up to 100 yards) and my vision is not the best.
Any suggestions ?