.308 Suggestions

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Yea, I've quickly fell in love with it. Went with a 3.5x10 40mm leupold VX-III.
here's a pic:
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did'nt have the scope yet. But it's on there now.
 
Nah, mines the a-bolt medallion. But the micro is basically the same rifle in a smaller package. It has to be light, considering this one weighs in at 6 3/4 lbs.
 
If semi-autos hold any interest for you, check out the PTR-91. I've done a good deal of research into them, and plan on buying one, just as soon as I can justify spending $950 (for a fancy model - the base model is around $650) for yet ANOTHER semi-auto .308...

Don't count on reloading brass you shoot in it, though - I hear it bashes it badly. Positive extraction, and all that.
 
NO you need a browning a-bolt. WAIT a kimber. NO a sako. for a grand get something nice and skip the savage,tikka,remingtons.
 
Consider Remington 700

I have a Remi 700 ADL w/ 4 x 12 x 42 Bushnell scope. It has a Laminated Monte Carlo stock. :cool: That was the set-up my $$.$$ could buy at the time.
It has become a favorite of mine. :)
 
+1 for Savage, also you might take a look at Stevens. They're basically a Savage (made by them) less the Accutrigger.
 
For a $1000 budget, this is an absolute no-brainer.

Sako 75 or Kimber 84. If you want to customize, go Win M70 and work it up.

Rich
 
CZ, all the way

Orrrrr... you could get the complete CZJedi setup for just under $1K

CZ 550 American $470
Leupold VXII 4-12x40 scope $400
Limbsaver Barrel De-Resonator $12
Shooter's Friend recoil pad $17
Versa-Pod Bipod (for work at the range) $30
Quake Claw Contour Rifle Sling (for the field) $20
Butler Creek flip-open scope caps $18

TOTAL: $967
(all of these items were purchased at the Cabela’s in Hamburg PA between October '05 and July '06)

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If I were looking to spend $1,000 or so on a .308 bolt rifle, I'd either buy an honest to pete Sako, or have one made on a Mauser action.
 
Savage or Remington.

For the money, I'd get either a Savage or a Remington. If you're not going to wring out the full potential of a rifle (few people do), anything over MOA accuracy is wasted. Hunting and plinking are MOA activities, not sub-MOA. Besides that, I'm not convinced that the added accuracy is there in the "uber-rifles" or that the average shooter would recognize it if it were.

The Savage has the best trigger on the market and a slight accuracy edge on the Remington, as a rule. The Remington is as accurate a rifle as I have need of (keep 150 gr of lead in Bambi's boiler room to 250 yds.) and the triggers can be adjusted to a very pleasant let off with not much creep at all.

Simply put, there are not many "bad" rifles out there, if you buy reputable name brands. The real question is: are you using the extra magical something you paid for on a $1,000 rifle?
 
A few weeks ago, was attracted to that Rem M7.

Have also been into
the Browning Stainless Stalker,
and a couple of others
(including at one time, long ago, a Tikka T3).

Currently, pulled strongly towards a
Ruger M77 Frontier in .308.

Street price: $605, which matches the Tikka,
and is better than both the Browning & Rem.

Somethin' about that short barrel
& front mounted piccatiny rail.

If I can mount some ghost rings on it, too,
along with a Leupold FX2,
then I'm thinking I'm good to go...

Even with that FX2 ($300-),
I'm still under a grand,
got a carbine with a heavy barrel,
non-rotating, Mauser-type
controlled-feed extractor,
rail mount & sling.

Go ahead;
talk me out of it.
 
talk me out of it.
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  • Cast receiver instead of forged.
  • Scout setup isn't the schizzle for work beyond, say, 150 yrds.
  • Going to see about 200fps less than the posted velocities for most 308 loadings since they're measured from a 24" tube.
  • Rifle may not fit you
I have nine or ten 308 rifles. For brush work, I prefer the levergun 308s (although I prefer my scoutified 30-30 or 35 Remington better). For stalking/carrying a lot and shooting once, I prefer the Encore with a 24" tube. For freaking out the other hunters, I'll carry the AR10. :evil: For fun, I prefer the Ishy 2A scout setup. But for straight-up versatility in a one rifle stable, I'd say fooey on the whole CRF issue and would take a Vanguard for $450 out-the-door, plunk a 3x9/40 VXII for $300 more on top of it, and call it done.

Of all of the rifles mentioned in this thread, only ONE comes out-of-the-box with a stock that lets me close my eyes, throw the rifle to my shoulder from a standing position, open my eyes, and without having moved a muscle be looking down the sight plane for a low-mounted (40mm-44mm objective diameter) scope. Every other rifle sounds great on paper, but would require that I have a new stock fitted to pass that simple test. Their stocks may work great prone, and may work great from a bench, but nothing other than the Vanguard comes with a stock that fits how I shoot most of the time - standing (unsupported, with sticks, or using an improvised brace) or sitting.

And that's worth more to me than the technical differences between a Tikka and a Browning. If I can't shoot it well, none of the superiority of one brand over another is worth a lot, eh?
 
Pafrmu: Excellent choice regarding the Sako.

Regarding the Frontier: I've not heard of any problems with Ruger investment cast receivers, so I would not let that put me off if I had my heart set on a Frontier. I think the more legitimate concerns for a rifle of that type relate to the weight of the laminated stock vs. a good synthetic and the issues associated with adding open sights. You are the only one that can decide if those are deal killers for you. To my eye, the Frontier is an odd looking duck and I would never have one, but to each his own. I've had a 77RL in .270 for a long time now and it has been and still is a very good and totally trusted rifle. It doesn't have open sights and I don't much care, but if it did, I have to admit I would consider it a plus.

rbernie AMEN to insisting on a rifle that FITS above all else! I happen to agree that a Vanguard is an excellent value in rifles today and if that is the one that fits, that IS the one to have. The 77RL mentioned above is that one for me. I've made enough "lucky" shots with it now that it's starting to look a little less like luck....
 
Well, that 16" barrel will be mighty loud. For less weight and probably better balance, the Kimber montana gives you a 22" tube. Less blast and more velocity. -Ian
 
Rbernie, T'man & 5X5, thanks for the feedback. Good stuff to chew on.

So that I don't hijack Pafrmu's thread with questions about this Frontier rifle per se, I started a new thread on pros & cons of the Ruger Frontier rifle since a search in Rifle Country didn't turn anything up for me on that particular rifle per se (though a bunch of threads, including some recent ones, did address various aspects of it).

I'll continue to follow this one with interest.

Nem
 
16" barrel in 308? Not for me. Thats way to short. bringing 2800 fps with 150 gr bullet down to under 2500, just get a 30-30. my opinion.
 
Remington 798, modified with a Winchester mod 70 three position safety, should come in under 1K and really get the job done.
 
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