If you want some honest opinions from guys that have owned and used one send a pm to tuiman2, titan308 and burtonator, a few from here just off the top of my head.
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If you want some honest opinions from guys that have owned and used one send a pm to tuiman2, titan308 and burtonator, a few from here just off the top of my head.
Was yours a s/s model Sneeze, any truth on the easy to mark statements from earlier on, i dont believe they could be as bad as just mentioned they certainly look good but have yet to put the bolt in it and work it. Oh it was wooden yeah, just flicked back a page.
As I understand it the bolt can put little dents in the back of the alloy action at the tang if care isn't taken. I didn't see this with mine but it's defiantly possible. I guess the action itself could scratch up being alloy. I did a swap with a mate and put a stainless barrel on mine in the lasst year or so, mostly out of gun boredom:D
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It does have nice lines...
IMHO If I had 1600 to spend on a new rifle I would go and get a Tikka and put the rest towards optics and you know its going to shoot well, where as you go and get a winchester extreme and you might get one with a good barrel and it might shoot average for 1599 or get a titan or what ever and it might be alright but the resale value would be average at best PLUS they are not popular for a reason.
My winchester had accuracy issues before the rebarrel. But it is the only one ive heard that about. Every one i know with one reckons theyre the duck nuts. Tikkas plastic stock and bolt shroud are shit.
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I prefer our Model 70 over mates Tikka.
Yeah the T3 tikka is safe bet. I personally find them very accurate, reliable and boring as hell. Ill generally recommend one for a guy looking to get his first rifle but I think sometimes guys that have been around the traps a bit just want something a little different and sometimes things aren't popular simply because we are a predominately a nation of sheep. Im not recommending Malhunting buy a titan, just telling him how i found the one i had.
No ones telling me what to buy fullstop! all advise has been great so far and i hope it keeps coming, I like the Titan it looks great and i don't buy rifles considering the resale value if i buy a rifle its generally for keeps. Everyones got Tikkas they are as common as dog shit in my back yard and i already have a re worked Tikka in 22-243 so why would i want another.
I dont want a cheaper rifle like a Tikka, Howa, i want to spend $1600 for a good rifle that i can hand to my boys later on so the Titan and X-Bolt are high on the list the Remington Mountain rifle is out and i have yet to see a Winny Extreme Weather.
Im just saying that no one will tell me what to buy. Im just after good sound advise on what is out there for the money i want to spend without it turning into a shit fight about certain guns.
The statement wasnt made in anger or anything like that so whats the issue with me saying it will be my decision in the end?
Id get the rem700 in a plain old 308 since a bush gun. It wouldn't be shooting far, chop it right back an a can be sorted. In a few years you will be wondering why do i have a tops rifle an a bush gun an say ill do a all rounder then you have a couple of nice remington700s to build a weapon out of:thumbsup:
I have yet to eye ball a CZ yet as well just looking at the reloaders site now and they might push the budget a bit.
It would only be a bush rifle for me but come time for the boys to shoot would be an all rounder for them.
It was suggested to make a bush pig in a Tikka with a can and i would bed it etc but the concern then becomes weight once you chuck a can on etc over a stock standard rifle.
The more this thread continues the more confused i get. :D
Why not just get a stainless 308 Marlin and put a good light can on it and it will do the boy and you at a good price....
Start with a Savage Lightweight Hunter then, chuck a DPT can on and it will still weigh less than a bare T3 as well as being more interesting. Similar rep for accuracy too.
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That looks quite nice is it yours?
Great thread to read,
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Im confused as well.
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I look at a SS Howa and T3 lite at $1k odd and for a bush gun I think a great deal. I then sort of start to talk myself up in money and then before you know it Im approaching $2k and Im thinking for a bush gun? For $2.3k I could and probably will buy a savage12 FTR so the extra above a T3 lite is put towards something I really want (an FTR). Meanwhile I can pop the T3lite or howa down the range at <600yds and enjoy myself.
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which really is all its about
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Nah just a pic from google. I have a Savage American Classic 223 which is a bit heavier (7lb, same as Rem700 SPS etc), was thinking about a lightweight but saw the classic for $750 brand new (original shop RRP would have been 14-1500 when they came out) and couldn't say no. The wood on mine isn't quite as nice as that pic but great action and trigger, best initial test load grouped 16mm so its showing some accuracy potential too.
Think you're local to me so if you want to have a look and see if you like the action etc feel free to send a PM.
Have a look under the fore end on those, dont they have huge gaping holes?
if you were to chop the barrel back to make a bush pig out of the tikka, flute the barrel and bolt, it wouldnt make it too much heavier i dont think.
just thinking out loud but if its to be kept in the family and passed down what about something with some heritage? Bsa viscount or majestic or the likes. They come up occasionaly and can be tidied up very nicely.
Personal taste I guess but if I was to inherit a passed-down rifle I think I'd prefer a 'grandad bought this new and its never been out of the family' rather than a 'grandad bought this second hand when it was already old'. Each to their own though, there are some nice older guns around as you say.
I've got one in 223. Can't fault it really. The slots in the forend don't matter. Maybe they let a bit of crap in, but then they also let it out. Mine cost under $1,300 new.
Great trigger, and very accurate. To Savages credit its not rusting like a lot of American stuff does.
Maybe the detachable mag is a drawback 'cos I worry about losing it, but its not a major. I can't work out why people pay all that money for a "bush pig" (stupid damn name) conversion when they could just grab one of these off the shelf. One of these in one of the 308 case calibres would do most things the ordinary hunter requires. They are a real case of "know me before you judge me".
My bush guns a .303. bush is only 50m max visibility most times anyway.
After all that looking and discussing this is what i went with, seemed like a good deal, should be good for the boy too.
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ess-sale-7058/
You won't regret it.
Looks like u could shoot rabbits on ya back lawn undetected with that beast ;)
Blaser R8....