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View Poll Results: Which rifle should I buy when I get home

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  • Winchester Mod70 featherweight

    10 20.00%
  • Ruger m77 Hawkeye

    4 8.00%
  • Howa 1500

    11 22.00%
  • Tikka T3

    25 50.00%
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    Which rifle can you convince me to purchase

    Ok I made the cock up of going to fish city the other day just to have a nosey at their range of rifles. I now have to choose between four different brands as they all fit me nicely and the scopes were right in front of the eye ball as soon as the rifles came to rest on my shoulder admittedly one was a Tikka (packaged with a bushnell elite LTD edition and warne rings) hell of a difference in weight compared to bare rifle and actually liked the weight once kitted out and I do not think I would mind buying a limbsaver pad to go with it. i Know what caliber I am going to go for and I am going to stay with the 7mm08, final decision will be made when I get back from australia (still waiting to fly over harvest start was delayed due to frosts by a couple of weeks)

    In order of comfort when shouldering

    Winchester mod 70 featherweight $1500 bare

    Ruger M77 Hawkeye $1299 scoped with pentax gameseeker and new LC6 trigger system

    Howa 1500 $999 scoped and threaded

    Tikka T3 $1500 ex-demo kitted with warne rings, sling and Bushnell elite LTD edition
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    I really like the feel/balance/ergonomics of my Ruger Hawkeye, I know Ruger don't have the same reputation for accuracy as some but mine groups sub-inch at 100m which is decent enough. Trigger was crisp but heavy as standard, got someone with more knowhow than me to lighten it up and now its really nice - not quite Savage accutrigger nice, but not too far off.

    Haven't used the Howa but didn't like the floppy stock of one in the shop, have used the Weatherby version of the same action and didn't like it - heavy clunky thing.

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    Howa

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    You not going to go wrong with any of those, money no object i would probably go winchester.
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    Winchester all the way.

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    I can sell you the Winchester, Scoped [ new Grandslam]on an Egw rail with leupold PWR rings, with ammo if you like, in lapua brass, for not much more than the price you quoted for the bare rifle.
    Fired less than 100rds.
    So long as you want a 308.
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    HOWA bro mine shoots awesome

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    Which rifle can you convince me to purchase

    Quote Originally Posted by sakokid View Post
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    Yes, a 85ST Finnlight 7mm08

    Used mine with Petree this morning to whack a nice little Sika stag @415 yrds - its easy when the accuracy is there, those Sakos just look so good on the arm
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

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    Quote Originally Posted by sakokid View Post
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    if I had the money to get one then I would got to keep it under 2K as I also need to buy a new wagon when I get back. Jake if that winchester was 7mm08 then I would.

    Only benefit I am seeing in the tikka at this stage is the fact it is already on a long action so bugger all to get it reamed to 284 or 280 later down the track(unless i get one in 6.5) and yes the howa is still on my mind if my budget gets buggered up unexpectedly. First thing I want to do as soon as I get back is go and chill up the oamaru hut or boyd for a day or two after catching up on the time spent away from the missus.
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    I'm almost certain you'd be dissapointed in the glass on at least two of the scoped bundles, possibly all three... You might be able to finnagle an upgrade to a Loopy 2-7 or 3-9 on the Tikka.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ishoot10s View Post
    I'm almost certain you'd be dissapointed in the glass on at least two of the scoped bundles, possibly all three... You might be able to finnagle an upgrade to a Loopy 2-7 or 3-9 on the Tikka.

    Ray.
    The pentax was not too bad and the elite LTD was very nice for me to look through but as for nikko sterling no way.if anything I would more than likely go with something like the redfield revenge with the new accurager reticle same lifetime leupold warranty on it pop up turrets and zero stop and the eye relief and clarity for me is perfect like the bushnell if anything the redfield was better than the pentax that was on the ruger in clarity. I have owned bushnells before so I do like them and have not had one disappoint me yet but I actually like the redfield more after having one on a mossberg 308 I got rid of .
    RULE 4: IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET BEYOND ALL DOUBT


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    Re: Which rifle can you convince me to purchase

    The elite glass is better than the vx1 youd have to go to vx 2 to match it

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