budget .22-250
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MMCSRET
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Look at Savage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
J_L_A
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For around $500.00 you can get a Remington 700 bull barrel w/ scope.
Bartkowski
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Dick's Sporting Goods ran a special about a month ago for a Remington 700 SPS varmint with some cheap scope for $460. The special might be over so give them a call.
jerkface11
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Get a Savage or a Stevens.
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Savage and Howa for budget tackdrivers.
mljdeckard
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I'd look at the pawn shops for a used Remington 700. It will probably work perfectly, and if it doesn't re-barrel it to a varmint barrel and a lighter trigger, and it will. If it was the same action size and bolt face, it wouldn't even have to be a 22-250 to put another barrel on it. Keep in mind, for a 22-250, the heavy barrel is a luxury. It's the LENGTH of the barrel that gives the accuracy, not the weight. A friend of mine who's a gunsmith inherited a very old lightweight 700 in 22-250 when his grandfather died. We took it out and shot it next to my dad's 700 VSSF, and while the recoil was more noticable, it was far from being bad. We split 100 rounds between both rifles, and couldn't tell if one was more accurate than the other, but we knew which one would be easier to carry around.
woof
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Cabelas has the Rem 798 in .22-250 for 369 after rebate.
t george
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look at stevens 200 i shoot one in 223 and it shots better than i can hold
jerkface11
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Why not buy the used Savage sitting next to it? If it needs rebarreled you don't need a gunsmith. Oh and barrel length doesn't make a gun accurate.
Strongbad
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Remember he did say "heavy barrel" gentlemen. 
My money is on the SPS Varmint.
My money is on the SPS Varmint.
Seafarer12
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I say get a Savage varmint gun. My father inlaw has the fancy stainless model with the laminated stock and it will put 3 shots of 223 handloads in the same hole at 100 yards. I think he has a total of 700 in his rifle and glass.
X-Rap
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I would check the pawnshops and classifides and you might be surprised with the deal you get, might end up with a top shelf scope included and pay less than the price of the gun at retail.
I personally hunt for the older long barreled 788 Rems or the MK 1 Ruger 77s.
I do have a HB Savage in 223 that shoots beyond my greatest abillitys but it is the older long action and seems like a waste putting those little rounds in that huge rifle.
The Stevens is a good deal but they like the Savage have poor triggers and the cost of a good one will take some of the shine away.
As a side note I recently was trying some new loads in 7-08 and using a 788 and a Stevens. Well I crossed over the line and the gun that failed was the Stevens. It blew the extractor out and also the primer disintegrated and some case head damage. The 788 with its fully shrouded bolt face had no issues at all, not even a bulged primer. These loads were individually weighed and in new brass so IMHO the Rem. bolt and chamber are much better put together after being put to the presure test.
I personally hunt for the older long barreled 788 Rems or the MK 1 Ruger 77s.
I do have a HB Savage in 223 that shoots beyond my greatest abillitys but it is the older long action and seems like a waste putting those little rounds in that huge rifle.
The Stevens is a good deal but they like the Savage have poor triggers and the cost of a good one will take some of the shine away.
As a side note I recently was trying some new loads in 7-08 and using a 788 and a Stevens. Well I crossed over the line and the gun that failed was the Stevens. It blew the extractor out and also the primer disintegrated and some case head damage. The 788 with its fully shrouded bolt face had no issues at all, not even a bulged primer. These loads were individually weighed and in new brass so IMHO the Rem. bolt and chamber are much better put together after being put to the presure test.
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Can't go wrong with the Remington 700! I've got a VLS 700 in .223 and haven't seen anyone with a Savage or Stevens outshoot it yet. It's not "out of the box" stock but I haven't done anything that you can't do from home. Floated the barrel, glass bedded, and did a little lightening on the trigger.
jerkface11
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Olympus my savage will outshoot your remington. Check the link in my signature line.
Strongbad
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Oh hell, here we go.
I shot this group with a friends box stock SPS Tactical, which is pretty much the same gun. This was the first (and only) time I had ever fired this particular rifle.
BADUNAME37
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Savage. Make sure you get a decent scope & mounts. Eventually, you can glass bed the barrel and do a trigger job.
May I ask why you need a heavy barrel? I've seen light barrel guns that shoot better than some HEAVY barrel guns!
May I ask why you need a heavy barrel? I've seen light barrel guns that shoot better than some HEAVY barrel guns!
skinewmexico
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The heavy barrel will get old if you're walking with it.
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