Thread: Looking for a New Hunting rifle

well bobbydazzler I liked your reply - my two cents worth - 6.5 Creedmore is it an adequate caliber for NZ - yes it is - but is it a really good NZ deer caliber no - there are way better - the only advantage I see with it for a new hunter is low recoil - but then a can will knock recoil back - like you I would sooner see him with a 308 or 7mm08 or 7x57 or 270 - bigger hole more blood - but you and I mate will not convince the 6.5 Creedmore brigade because they believe the hype - so I give up on that one - Tikka well I am a dedicated wood blued man so its Shultz and Larsen Victory - Sako Delux - Winchester Super grade - or the early Tikkas wood blued - the new ones to me feel tinny and plastic - but do perform - just not my taste -and there are a whole host of good second hand rifles out there if ya not hung up on weight fluted barrels and all that - my go to rifle an early 788 Remington in .308 why - its a tack holer - basic - steel -holds zero month in month out - and a good trigger - why do I need a new rifle - likely if I did have a Shultz and Larsen it would sit in cubboard be taken out and polished - if I was to go modern and had the budget Fierce maybe Nosler