Looking for the right Bolt Action Rifle to hunt with next season. Preferably a .308 or a .30-06. Was thinking a Remington 700. Thoughts?
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Looking for the right Bolt Action Rifle to hunt with next season. Preferably a .308 or a .30-06. Was thinking a Remington 700. Thoughts?
What will you be hunting?
mule deer, elk, hopefully white tail back in the mid-west
Hard to go wrong with a Rem 700. My favorite rifle is a Ruger M77 chambered in 280 rem. I also like the Savage rifles...very accurate out of the box.
30-06 and 308 are fine rounds and will take any game you list. Some prefer the Magnum rounds (7mm, 300, 338) for elk. I would tend to shoot something you are comfortable with, that has an ease of ammo acquisition. 30-06 is hard to beat on that basis. Every little gas station/convenience store in the midwest sells 30-06 ammo.
Savage also makes very good rifles. I have the 111 hunter in 30-06. Paid $400 shipped.
30-06 is a good round for a lot of hunting, and a Remington 700 is hard to beat for the price. Savage are good too, my .300 win short mag is a savage. I have a 30-06 Rem 700 that I bought for my wife's oldest until he decided he'd rather shoot stuff on the xbox than be bothered going hunting.
I am a big fan of the Remmie 700 due to its flexibility in the aftermarket to customize and upgrade it to your heart's content. Still, when it came to getting a new hunting rifle, I settled on the 30-06 in a Thompson/Center Icon (http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/icon.php). Went with the Weathershield model and I don't think there is a better value available. The T/C Icon took both a buck mule deer and cow elk this past season.Quote:
Originally Posted by cincy_stripes
FN-FAL :D
My first was a Savage 111 in 30-06, a little cheaper than the 700 with the packaged scope even. Scope was kinda crap but I threw it on my 22 anyway and bought a burris for the 06. I think remmy has one or 2 closer in price to the savages now though.
Get a 30-06, ammo is available even in these crazy times, plus lots of good used rifles available at decent prices. If picking up a new one, think about the Weatherby Vanguards, very underated with great out of the box accuracy.