Thread: Recommend a rifle...

Even Sako will rust! So will stainless for that matter New Zealand is a very harsh environment for rifles and shotguns to live in being your no more than 60miles from the Coast.
Find an action that you like and then go from there.
Barrels are an expendable item! They only last so long.
I'd buy an old BSA action our the like and build on that. You can tune the trigger easily on the CF2 models.
Buy a nice weather prof stock...the Stug ones look nice as. Barrels true flite seem to make a very good product.
So prices Action $200 to $300.
Choice of cartridge OH HERE WE GO
True flite barrel ultra match $810.75
Stug stock ? Sorry you our someone else will need to do this home work.
Looks like you now have some change left over for a nice trip with a gun custom for you