if you had $1000, what bolt action rifle would you buy

Cancel my order. The plumbing broke!

There's a spiritual tradition that we live in creation. Creation is ongoing. Some things are unfinished leaving a rough edge. The rough edge is Bubba chrome plating a first generation SAA or delayed plans and broke plumbing.

LoonWulf said:

......now who's the enabler.

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Ruger American Rifle. Synthetic stock 7.62x39 it’s not winning any long ranger competitions. But it’s accurate enough for me. Plus I’d buy a handful of twenty rounders to feed it and my mini thirty. Then I’d swap my scope to the bolt gun. Leaving the ranch rifle with it’s ghost rings for a bit. I am trying to mostly keep to one rifle caliber so it’s not a debate for even the least gun experienced person in the family to know which crate to grab to feed a rifle.

Winchester model 70 Featherweight in 264 Win Mag for me!

Savage Hog Hunter in 308.
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Older Remington 700 SPS

LoonWulf said:

ahh but a deer rifle it's not!

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Oh, it could be...

Browning A bolt 7mm rem mag.

I have two brand new (I’m differentiating from former Winchester) Miroku Winchesters. One is in a beautiful Maple stock and shoots .308. But alas....I’m in Ohio, so a deer gun it is not. The other is a deer gun, though. It’s .44 mag lever gun. Maybe blasphemy to some, but I find the Mirokus to be heads and shoulders better quality than anything Winchester turned out from about 2000 on.

if i had 1000...?
This Savage Hunter in 338LM
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog...ts_id/52261/savage+long+range+hunte+338lap+26

or maybe a more classic look
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/97925/savage+338lp+26+hb+mb+lam

I would buy a lefty, so that limits my choices a great deal.

I don’t own a Browning rifle, so probably some flavor of those. I have a Ruger, Savage, Remington, Winchester and even a Zastqva 98 Mauser in left hand, but not a Browning.

I had this same dilemma one year ago and personally was drawn towards the classic polished blued steel and wood. Ended up getting a new BAR MKII Safari in .30-06 and it is sweet. Real soft shooter for a .30-06. Thing is a pig though with a scope on it. Just traded for a like new tang safety M77 .270 this morning which also has a wood stock and polished blued steel. Just can't quit that classic look. Only synthetic stuff I own is my AR and a Winchester pump. Listen to your heart, friend.

I would get a Winchester model 70 featherweight compact in 7mm-08 again. Gave mine to my son-in-law. Topped with a Leupold 2x7 compact scope and it was great to carry and shoot.

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Husqvarna 1950's production .30-06 or .270 Winchester and for well under $1000. Put several hundred in the bank that is left over. Workmanship is superior to just about anything else out there, too.

If you had $1000, what bolt action rifle would you buy?

Well personally I would likely look for a nice old Remington 700 VSSF chambered in 308 Winchester. Why? Because I still have all my Remington tools for working on and accurizing those guns. If I wanted to reach out a little further I might consider the 7mm Rem Mag cartridge. I have a 7mm Rem Mag in a Ruger and while it is a great hunting rifle it lacks a heavy barrel.

I would also hope that just before I spent the money that nothing like plumbing failures would take precedence over a rifle buy. Again, Remington 700 only because I have all the tools to support them.

Ron