Thread: First rifle considerations

Cheers for the input everyone. Really appreciate everybody giving their 2 cents to a newbie, this forum is really valuable for someone just getting into the thick of things.

Have been looking for a while, especially at that Howa (hence the barrel length question) and with some nudging from you fellas have just hit the buy now.

@-BW- your advice about not stressing too much is much appreciated. I liked the Howas I handled, the optics seem good at the price point, already suppressed, and I like the look of the Boyd stock, well within the budget, so probably best not to overthink it. If it all looks good when I go to pick up then we're away.

We can spend a lot of time worrying about the "perfect" buy but really that can only come with experience. In the meantime here's hoping with a bit of practice I can fill the freezer.

Originally Posted by veryfuturistic

Cheers for the input everyone. Really appreciate everybody giving their 2 cents to a newbie, this forum is really valuable for someone just getting into the thick of things.

Have been looking for a while, especially at that Howa (hence the barrel length question) and with some nudging from you fellas have just hit the buy now.

@-BW- your advice about not stressing too much is much appreciated. I liked the Howas I handled, the optics seem good at the price point, already suppressed, and I like the look of the Boyd stock, well within the budget, so probably best not to overthink it. If it all looks good when I go to pick up then we're away.

We can spend a lot of time worrying about the "perfect" buy but really that can only come with experience. In the meantime here's hoping with a bit of practice I can fill the freezer.

well I very very nearly bought a HOWA 1500 in .308 as it came up so well..but as had lots of lovely .270 components went that way instead. got gunworks to fit suppressor to it as I bought rifle off them... first 11 shots broke in barrel,3 different ammunition types sat in group hovering around an inch at hundred yards,12th shot took a deer. its been absolute dream rifle with zero issues AND you can now buy walnut stock as seperate component for couple or three hundy bucks to replace the hogue if synthetic isnt your thing.
I really cannot fault the howa...trigger is nice enough to shoot well with. yip its a little bit heavy..but Im a lot heavy so no big deal.

Originally Posted by veryfuturistic

Cheers for the input everyone. Really appreciate everybody giving their 2 cents to a newbie, this forum is really valuable for someone just getting into the thick of things.

Have been looking for a while, especially at that Howa (hence the barrel length question) and with some nudging from you fellas have just hit the buy now.

@-BW- your advice about not stressing too much is much appreciated. I liked the Howas I handled, the optics seem good at the price point, already suppressed, and I like the look of the Boyd stock, well within the budget, so probably best not to overthink it. If it all looks good when I go to pick up then we're away.

We can spend a lot of time worrying about the "perfect" buy but really that can only come with experience. In the meantime here's hoping with a bit of practice I can fill the freezer.

Cool thing with buying in today's market is it's actually pretty hard to go wrong. All the established brands make an accurate, functional entry level bolt gun. Spending more money gets nicer finishes nicer materials etc but they don't make animals anymore dead.

7mm08, 6.5 creed or 308 are pretty much interchangeable.

Likewise with scopes we are spoiled for choice. Lots of awesome options at a good price these days.