Some Rugers, nothing cheap feeling to me.I really wanted to get one of the older Ruger M77 with the Zytel boat paddle stocks, but after looking at the prices on GB I quickly decided against that.
Some Rugers, nothing cheap feeling to me.I really wanted to get one of the older Ruger M77 with the Zytel boat paddle stocks, but after looking at the prices on GB I quickly decided against that.
The Browning and the Vanguard are very accurate rifles, imported from Japan, but made at separate facilities? At any rate very accurate usuallyI have a synthetic on my Browning X-Bolt. It’s extremely solid. Price wise, it’s probably a little higher than you’re looking for. Accuracy is exceptional. CRF.
I happened to get a screaming deal on mine, so it fit in your price range.
I have a hard time justifying buying a $400 rifle with a cheap stock, then replacing it with a $350 one and by the time you’re done screwing around, you’ve still got $800 in a $400 rifle. But, if it somehow fits you better, or your needs better, it’s your money. Go for it.
I have a friend that prides himself on buying cheap cars and fixing them up. By the time he’s done, he has as much in them as a much better car. He fools himself because he fixates on the initial price, not the effective cost. And he still ends up with rolling pile of junk.
I had a Patriot and I want to love it, but in the end the only way I can describe the bedding design on those is the word "incomplete"Not Mossberg Patriot. Great rifle. The synthetic stock however makes Tupperware seem refined.
None of the lower priced rifles are going to feel nice despite their accuracy. That means Savage Axis, T/C Compass, many of the Ruger Americans, and the aforementioned Patriot. All good value for money but the stocks generally feel cheesy.
Remember that laminate, while heavier than composite/plastic, is excellent at keeping the weather out, so that 's another option.
The 20" barrel is a youth/compact model. Shorter length of pull and I'm 6'1" with long arms. I can't really do a compact rifle very well. Also, I've not seen anywhere that stock the 22" model you linked. Every place I've ever seen all has 24" barrels.
I had a Patriot and I want to love it, but in the end the only way I can describe the bedding design on those is the word "incomplete"
Did you bed the mag insert to the stockIt's how they hit the price point with an otherwise very good rifle. Recently purchased one in 375 Ruger and that flexy lightweight stock wasn't going to cut it. I glass bedded the whole forend back to the recoil lug and added a pound or so of lead shot. Now perfect. You can do the same without adding the weight. I used a Brownell Accriglass bedding kit. Remarkably straightforward.
Did you bed the mag insert to the stock
I just can’t seem to find a hunting rifle that I just love. I have several nice walnut stock rifles, but I’m always beating them to hell during hunting season. I’m knocking the stocks on ladder stands when I’m climbing up in the dark or there getting debts and dings from laying sideways across the shooting rail. I just wish I could find a synthetic rifle I love.
I just can’t seem to find a hunting rifle that I just love.
Well they start at 50,000 then by the time the incentives are subtracted you are down to about 38,000, then you take your fancy truckand end up doing a bunch of yard/ landscaping jobs because your 14 yr. old son needs to earn money to go on Spring school trip to Washington DC. (or something like that)Tried to quote #39, something fouled up.
Have a $3000 revolver; it is my primary hunting firearm, carry gun, castle protector, varmit exterminator - sleep with it at night (also my wife - but in different ways). Best firearm purchase I ever made. That said, I think a $50000 pickup is a ridiculous expense - doing fine with a $20K pickup.
Probably the best offering ever from a cost/performance standpoint I have ever seen is a $289 Thompson Center Compass rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Wow, nice score! I bet it shoots lights out too! Tried the 130 gr Accubonds yet?
I have several critical things to say about Savage lately. The bottom bolt release in the way of the action screw and I think it is very unhandy. The top bolt release was better. I do not like the centerfeed system, a standard stagger feed mag is just better. I have had a couple newer centerfeed actions with DBM and function was not smooth or 100% consistent. The older stocks with the pillar bedding were just fine, I have never seen an increase in accuracy over the old pillar bed stocks. I had a 110 FP in 25-06 with the old style stock which would shoot five shots inside a quarter at 100 yds. Subsequent accustock rifles did not match that. If you buy a rifle with snap on cheek pieces etc, thats what you have. Parts that just snap together with that level of fit and security, which isn't much.Some of the Savage 110 models with the Accustock can be found within that price range. Savage bolt guns have rarely been called handsome, but the Accustock neither looks nor feels cheap and the 110 is an excellent rifle.
I’m happy with my Ruger American Ranch rifle. I got mine in 7.62x39, but there are other caliber options.