Mossberg15
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What are some good relable but also cheap rifles that you can use for hunting deer at price between 100 and 350 dollars
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Mosin 91/30.
Illiterate Russian peasents couldn't hurt them, doubt a hunter can, unless their idea or "hunting" looks like Stalingrad.
Illiterate Russian peasents couldn't hurt them, doubt a hunter can, unless their idea or "hunting" looks like Stalingrad.
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I'm waiting patiently for a Marlin XS7 in .308, myself. Think they're finally available enough to order one from SOMEwhere, albeit not commonly carried anywhere around ME, anyway.
The XS's and XL's can be found for $2-300 and vary in caliber from .22-250 to .30-06.
All the research I've done convinces me they're worth my money for a budget hunting rifle.
SKS is another good one, Mosins, and many others mentioned.
The XS's and XL's can be found for $2-300 and vary in caliber from .22-250 to .30-06.
All the research I've done convinces me they're worth my money for a budget hunting rifle.
SKS is another good one, Mosins, and many others mentioned.
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Saigas.
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Yep, this info is key.
You want to hunt small game? Any Savage .22 will probably fit your needs.
You want to hunt bigger stuff? A Mosin will probably be as cheap as it gets to be able to do that. If you don't like that route, then maybe a Savage combo would fit your needs (assuming appropriate chambering.)
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Yep, very nice for their price.
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My votes, in recent months:
New - Marlin XS7, Marlin 60
Used - Mauser 93
New - Marlin XS7, Marlin 60
Used - Mauser 93
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I just sold a Stevens .223. It was a great hunting rifle but Im not much of a hunter (bought it to build a target rifle, decided to just sell it and buy a better base gun).
You could get one in .308 for around 300 bucks new.
You could get one in .308 for around 300 bucks new.
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I think very highly of my H&R (nee NEF) HandiRifles. My average NIB purchase price was $250, and I'm easily still under $450 total investment when topped with Leupld Rifleman Weaver-style low rings and a clearance 2x-7x VX1 from a local sporting chain. They work well, are reliable, stone cold simple, easy to carry and use in the field (as are all break-open single shot rifles), and shoulder well for offhand shooting.
You can get a bottom-end bolt gun for about the same price as the NEF (e.g. Mossberg or Savage/Stevens) but they'll be less satisfying in the field without updates to their stocks and such. (The Stevens 200, in particular, is shipped with the cheesiest stock imaginable and is virtually unusable IMO without a stock swap...) The H&R even comes with a scope base in the box; add rings and an optic and you're set.
I tend to stay away from the milsurps for hunting anymore, due to their lack of organic optics capability and the limited hunting-quality ammo choices. More to the point, Prvi SP ammo in most 'common' hunting chamberings can be had for $14/box, which pretty much makes a 'modern' hunting rifle no more expensive to shoot overall than the cheapest milsurp.
For the least expensive option that is closest to 'ready to hunt' out-of-the-box, I'm sold on the H&Rs.
You can get a bottom-end bolt gun for about the same price as the NEF (e.g. Mossberg or Savage/Stevens) but they'll be less satisfying in the field without updates to their stocks and such. (The Stevens 200, in particular, is shipped with the cheesiest stock imaginable and is virtually unusable IMO without a stock swap...) The H&R even comes with a scope base in the box; add rings and an optic and you're set.
I tend to stay away from the milsurps for hunting anymore, due to their lack of organic optics capability and the limited hunting-quality ammo choices. More to the point, Prvi SP ammo in most 'common' hunting chamberings can be had for $14/box, which pretty much makes a 'modern' hunting rifle no more expensive to shoot overall than the cheapest milsurp.
For the least expensive option that is closest to 'ready to hunt' out-of-the-box, I'm sold on the H&Rs.
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Mostly you're going to find that military surplus rifles are an affordable hunting rifle. You may also consider some newer single shot center fire rifles. If you keep a sharp eye on the used gun stores you can usually find an older Ruger M-77 or Weatherby Vanguard for under $350. Just found a Mossberg 1500 .308 on gunbroker for $250 (Howa made it for Mossberg and Howa makes the actions for the Weatherby Vanguard rifles).
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=181234868
Remington SPR .308 for $339 buy it now
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=181436365
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=181234868
Remington SPR .308 for $339 buy it now
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=181436365
America's No.1 choice for over 100 years now is a lever action in .30-30.
1) There are millions of them. 2) .30-30 is cheap, sold anywhere any ammo is sold. 3) It has the range and power for the most common hunting, out to 250m. 4) It's light, short, and handy, and is no less accurate than most milsurps, which all will shoot less than 1 Minute of Deer. 5) You can scope almost all of them, but iron sights will do the job, and did the first 75 years, to establish the .30-30 lever as the #1 deer gun.
This should have been the first posted recommendation.
1) There are millions of them. 2) .30-30 is cheap, sold anywhere any ammo is sold. 3) It has the range and power for the most common hunting, out to 250m. 4) It's light, short, and handy, and is no less accurate than most milsurps, which all will shoot less than 1 Minute of Deer. 5) You can scope almost all of them, but iron sights will do the job, and did the first 75 years, to establish the .30-30 lever as the #1 deer gun.
This should have been the first posted recommendation.
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