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I have the misfortune to be in Auckland this week. Will use the opportunity to do some tyre kicking in the gun shops. May purchase a new bolt action. It has to be lighter than a standard Tikka and more pointable if you know what I mean. Something that comes up to the shoulder easily and feels right. Any suggestions?
Forbes 20B in 308
Im like a broken record, but If you arnt a giant of a man kimber montanas are great
Remington in a bell and Carlson
Kimbers have caught my eye already :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
That's gonna be some gun if you are kicking its tyres:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
that way you get a floor plate rather than a blind mag tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Dusty Fog
I need that stainless finish but man it would be way cooler if the montanas had that floor plate too
The blind mag is one of the things I like most about the Montana
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May be a single shot of some sort?
It'd be light and pointy
My favourite rifle is a Bergara BA13 with a 16 inch barrel in 300BLK. I use it for hunting goats at short range in dense bush and it's very effective. Although not light, it is very pointable. I like it so much, I was thinking about getting the same rifle in stainless .308 and putting a decent scope on it with a big magnification range. This would cover most of my bases. If I went down this route, I would probably sell the 300BLK. Having said that the 300BLK is surprisingly devastating with the right rounds, so I could just stick with it. Thinking out loud now!Quote:
Originally Posted by imaca
https://i.ibb.co/Nx1C90f/Hunt10.jpg
This would be perfect: https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....bushpig-85313/
But I see you sold your Tikka 7mm-08 for ammo availability issues.
I think if you didn't use the Tikka 7mm08 you're not going to start using a .308 of similar ilk either? They are for all practical intents and purposes the same.
Also don't bother with the stainless baffles in the DPTs in future like on your old 7mm-08, adds weight with no tangible benefit. If you fire enough rounds to worry about the erosion on the first baffle just replace it (spoiler - you probably don't fire enough rounds to worry).
Fair point. It's really about having it should the opportunity arise. Woodhill Ballot, or an invite down south etc. Aside from one trip this year, the 7mm08 stayed in the gun safe and probably would have stayed there for another year. I'm in no rush to buy anything, was going to use the opportunity to check out a few different guns. I wouldn't buy 7mm08 again purely because of ammunition availability, no other reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Makros
A Tikka or remmy in carbon stock if not a kimber or Forbes.
check out the new Winchester all weather - pre 64 action- really good trigger - excellent build quality -Winchester do a walnut stocked model in pre 64 as well -Reloaders Supplies have them I believe -one rifle to rule them all - very very nice
@MB have you tried subsonics in the 300BLK?
The reason I bought the rifle was as a dedicated subsonic setup, but it was a disaster. I don't reload and factory rounds supposedly designed for hunting don't expand at subsonic speeds. Thought I'd bored the forum enough on this topic! Ultimately, it turned out well. Ended up with a neat little bush rifle which is relatively low noise/recoil and very effective with the right supersonic rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by imaca
Why not go plan a I think it was and go to the stainless 308 version as mentioned.
Best of both worlds I would have thought...
You obviously enjoy the platform so why not?
I am pretty sure you can get 308 subs and then of course a range of super ammos in all shapes and sizes.
That's 'your' one rifle to rule them all I reckon @MB....
:D
Kimbers seem to get surprisingly mixed reviews on the accuracy front. A combination of light gun and thin barrels getting hot or just plain bad? Thoughts?
they are quite hard to shoot with how light they areQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
Iv been using them for years and have recently got a 7mm08 and the step up in recoil from 243 even Im finding hard to shoot well while Im trying to make every shot count with the current avalibility issues
my 243 will damn near stack bullets, the only actual issues I know of are the 260 ones way back were known to be lemons due to some barrel issue
the only time my barrel gets warm is when Im siting in and I just take my time and dont do strings
Was a period where the quality of the barrels, especially the .260s, was hit and miss and a few just would not shoot. Sounds like the issue has been resolved but I think the odd dud still turns up.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
My .308win with a 16" barrel shoots very well with Hornady Whitetail ammo and handloads. They will take a bit more discipline to shoot well due to the light weight and thin fast to heat up barrels if you're use to a heavier rifle.
I also find the very round profile of the stock up front lends itself to in stability on sandbags. But I'm biased I prefer a slightly flatter bottomed fore end.
TC Compass in . 308win. These don't look flash but incorpirate a floating bolt head and other very good features. Easily shoot sub moa with rem 150 corelokt.ight and eady to hsndle. Just check all action and scope bade screws before shooting. They retail well under $1000 and imo will shoot better than rifles dluble the price. Take a look at any reviews. They don't seem to be very popular with some retail chains I suspect because the profit prr sale is less than the expensive other offerings.