Hey guys I carry a rifle in the truck. I shoot lots of varmint out the window. Occasionally I'll do a little stalking, may call some coyotes laying on the ground, may hunt a stand here and there. Like to shoot some targets here and there also.
So I've been carrying a howa ranchland 308 in the pickup. No complaignts with it, but the barrel doesn't have enough meat to cut it for my suppressor and I'm about deaf already. I'm better about putting my ears on than ever, but still forget and I didn't buy a suppressor for the heck of it. So I'm working on selling some stuff to buy/build exactly what I want.
I'm not finding anything on the shelf that fits the bill, but I've found a couple routes that may get me there. I'm wondering a few things. And I'm open to suggestions and ideas.
So my needs and goals with explanations.
Chambering is 308 win, non negotiable. I'm trying to keep my calibers down to a minimum. I used to load 40+ calibers and Ive trimmed that down to mainly 4 since having kids (and becoming poor) 45, 308, 300blk, 12gauge.
Compact and reasonable weight, it's got to fit in my sky rack so it doesn't get beat up bad And it's out of sight (within reason). So that's about 40" max without the suppressor in it. I'm thinking a 16" barrel so it will be reasonably balanced, light, and quick when I stalk a dense area. I'm kinda set on that unless someone has a good reason to talk me out of it.
Accuracy, I'm no benchrest shooter, so anything sub Moa is fine for this, but It can never group too tight since I'm gonna have human error to add at to it.
I like the tactical stocks like magpul hunter. It seems to be the most light weight in that style. I also prefer the larger capacity detachable magazines.
Budget. Around $1000 (I have an optic and bipod) I can't see carrying anymore than that around in the truck. We're talking already over 2k with the scope and bipod on it not counting the can.
So a couple that come really close to fitting the bill are:
Tikka T3 CTR, barrel is a touch long, I can fix that for $100. Stock is close enough, I can get a bigger mag, but that isn't a deal breaker. I hear these are good shooters out of the box. Weight is great.
Remington 700 sps aac. Comes in a 16.5" model. I can throw a magpul hunter stock and mag kit on it and pretty much have what I want. I've read lots of disgust if that's the right word for the new 700's. I don't know if it's a ford chevy thing or there's a chance the accuracy may be sloppy and the trigger suck. I guess the good thing is being a 700 you can mod it in any way easily. If I changed anything with the gun it would be a lighter barrel.
The magpul 700 would be too much money after I cut the barrel down.
What's some other options or flaws with my reasoning.
Any other cool stocks under 3# and not out of hand budget wise. I looked at that archangel stock, but it's crazy heavy!
I know the 16" barrel is short. I run pretty fast powder though since I have some other 16" 308's.
Thanks guys!
So I've been carrying a howa ranchland 308 in the pickup. No complaignts with it, but the barrel doesn't have enough meat to cut it for my suppressor and I'm about deaf already. I'm better about putting my ears on than ever, but still forget and I didn't buy a suppressor for the heck of it. So I'm working on selling some stuff to buy/build exactly what I want.
I'm not finding anything on the shelf that fits the bill, but I've found a couple routes that may get me there. I'm wondering a few things. And I'm open to suggestions and ideas.
So my needs and goals with explanations.
Chambering is 308 win, non negotiable. I'm trying to keep my calibers down to a minimum. I used to load 40+ calibers and Ive trimmed that down to mainly 4 since having kids (and becoming poor) 45, 308, 300blk, 12gauge.
Compact and reasonable weight, it's got to fit in my sky rack so it doesn't get beat up bad And it's out of sight (within reason). So that's about 40" max without the suppressor in it. I'm thinking a 16" barrel so it will be reasonably balanced, light, and quick when I stalk a dense area. I'm kinda set on that unless someone has a good reason to talk me out of it.
Accuracy, I'm no benchrest shooter, so anything sub Moa is fine for this, but It can never group too tight since I'm gonna have human error to add at to it.
I like the tactical stocks like magpul hunter. It seems to be the most light weight in that style. I also prefer the larger capacity detachable magazines.
Budget. Around $1000 (I have an optic and bipod) I can't see carrying anymore than that around in the truck. We're talking already over 2k with the scope and bipod on it not counting the can.
So a couple that come really close to fitting the bill are:
Tikka T3 CTR, barrel is a touch long, I can fix that for $100. Stock is close enough, I can get a bigger mag, but that isn't a deal breaker. I hear these are good shooters out of the box. Weight is great.
Remington 700 sps aac. Comes in a 16.5" model. I can throw a magpul hunter stock and mag kit on it and pretty much have what I want. I've read lots of disgust if that's the right word for the new 700's. I don't know if it's a ford chevy thing or there's a chance the accuracy may be sloppy and the trigger suck. I guess the good thing is being a 700 you can mod it in any way easily. If I changed anything with the gun it would be a lighter barrel.
The magpul 700 would be too much money after I cut the barrel down.
What's some other options or flaws with my reasoning.
Any other cool stocks under 3# and not out of hand budget wise. I looked at that archangel stock, but it's crazy heavy!
I know the 16" barrel is short. I run pretty fast powder though since I have some other 16" 308's.
Thanks guys!
