Hunting rifle help

yup. i grew up with gun freaks. one guy ended up living near me. this guy is a self taught long range shooter/hunter. he has a slightly modified remington that i saw him shoot 6" thousand yard groups. blew me away, he could shoot like that with a "regular" rifle. 7mm. with some hagumaw fancy ass scope.

he told me the Tikka is the best barrel out there. and for a out of the box rifle..that is the one. the 308 is a great round.

i want one, a new rifle..it will be a Tikka. thinking up a round is the tough part for me. not so sure i want to jump back into the reloading pool.

 

THat is a good idea. I think I will hook up at the local range. Really the only rifles I am familiar with are the FN C1, sportco 308 and some random odds and ends. Curious to try the 270 in anything. I am hoping to get out over the next month. Tuff with a newborn!

 

Got out to the range today.
Tried out

Tikka 270
Sako 30-06
Mosin 7.62
Savage 300

The sako was the nicest by far. The tikka right there. I think I will be picking up a Tikka t3 stainless in 308 in the new year
The mosin just for fun was really cool.

 

Go with the Sako. You wont be disappointed. IMO

 

You should check out CZ as well. Although I have only ever used their .22 bolt action if quality and accuracy are the same on their larger calibers then they can shoot a hair off a gnats tit. My roommate uses one for squirrel hunting and I have seen him shoot out the eye at 200ish yards. Very impressive for a .22lr

 

Sako makes Tikka. The 308 is a nice medium cartridge.

 

Ended up with a Tikka .308 Stainless lite. 20" barrell. Love it so much fun!!!!
Put a Zeiss 3x9 terra on it. Couldn't be happier!
Thx for all the help guys

 

Sako finnlight 85 is on my buying list. Still cannot decide 30-06 or 270 wsm?

 

For a hunting rifle, the Kimber montana has no peer, I bought one used in 300wsm and had it rebarreled to a 7wsm. I have several custom remingtons that I have had built and if I were starting over I would be in Kimber Montana mode......

For a play gun (safe queen, range toy) the 700 gets the nod, there are so many aftermarket options that it just makes since to go that route