Thread: I need a new rifle

I made the mistake of lending my bush rifle to my brother in law for a few months and he has managed to completely fuck it. The good news is he is maning up and selling his toy car to pay me back.

I'm sorted for long distance rigs and takedown options so what do people recommend?

Parameters, while I reload ammo must be commonly available off the shelf if need be. I like .308 but am not stuck on it.
I want light and short.
Total spend including optic and can, would like it to be under $5k (I'm not getting paid out that much so less would be good!) but if there is convincing argument for more I'm open to it, I have a vx3 2-7 that could be used as a place holder while funds get saved.

In the past I have had custom remington stuff but am very happy to try others.
Have used a ti remington action before but found it way to sticky for a bush gun! I'm not sure if this is just a remington issue or if it's a std thing with all ti actions?