I Want to Buy a New Gun

[diamonde40]

I very much appreciate all the discussion. Thanks. I'll keep reading and weighing all of the input.

[dphillips62]

A little out of your stated budget but I'm saving for a Weatherby MK V Deluxe in 300 WBY Mag.

[Mike D]

I Want to Buy a New Gun

It would get you pretty dang close, a Tikka T3x (Hunter model is wood) and a Leupold VX-3 are both what I would consider at the upper end of good.

Meh, Tikka wood is the same pressed wood fibers as the other guns in that cost range. I assumed he would want a real walnut wood, not fake.

VX-3 is just ok in my book and pretty bare bones.


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[kcnatural]

If it's the last one I ever get to buy, I'll be looking for one of these.

[Mitchell8]

I’m not into owning a bunch of rifles. I enjoy shotguns where you are actually shooting a moving target. A nice compound and recurve are also really fun to shoot. Shooting a beautiful 300 win mag at a bench isn’t terribly exciting to most people. I understand competition shooting is fun but most people don’t. That being said a lever action 45/70 will personally be one of the next rifles I purchase and maybe only 1-2 more after that.

[diamonde40]

I’m not into owning a bunch of rifles. I enjoy shotguns where you are actually shooting a moving target. A nice compound and recurve are also really fun to shoot. Shooting a beautiful 300 win mag at a bench isn’t terribly exciting to most people. I understand competition shooting is fun but most people don’t. That being said a lever action 45/70 will personally be one of the next rifles I purchase and maybe only 1-2 more after that.

What is the availability on this cartridge?

[Mitchell8]

What is the availability on this cartridge?

Not crazy supply of it. My local gun store carries some. 3-6 dollars a round though. But I think it would be more fun to shoot with iron sights so instead of buying a scope buy a few hundred rounds of ammo.

[Anon]

You already have a .270. Hard to improve on that for versatility in North America. If I already had a .270, and could have only one more, It would either be a .223 or a .22/250.

Yep

[westtexducks]

I Want to Buy a New Gun

https://www.browning.com/products/firearms/rifles/x-bolt/x-bolt-medallion-left-hand.html

https://ruger.com/products/HawkeyeHunter/specSheets/57121.html

https://www.scheels.com/p/leupold-vx-5hd-3-15x44-cds-zl2-htmr-riflescope/03031702386.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAnZCdBhBmEiwA8nDQxXiEXHx9mb9tokCJQNnpbrnmX7e4igoyTEVIBZQboTxIEhMZMgFoTRoCS5AQAvD_BwE

Either one of these if it were me in 300 win mag. Leupold Vx5hd for the scope. If I was looking for a 1 and done hunting rifle this would be it for less than 3k and have a nice looking rifle to boot and a little bit of money left over to buy 2-300 rounds of ammo for it.


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[tdwinklr]

You already have a .270. Hard to improve on that for versatility in North America. If I already had a .270, and could have only one more, It would either be a .223 or a .22/250.

this. Plus its a Savage, you already have two huge +s in my book.

[PlanoDano]

I use a practice rife in .223 but I still put a few rounds through one or more of my primary hunting rifles every time I go to the range. On your budget I would probably avoid magnums as barrel life is short (1000 to 1200). I have the budget to change barrels so I do not consider this. Do you believe recoil negatively affect recoil.
I have confidence in 6.5 CM on all North American game period as far as I can ethically shoot. That said, others think you need more velocity or heavier bullets.

For me in your budget
Sako S20 hunter 6.5 CM , Nightforce shv F1 mil, seekins

if you need more velocity

Sako S20 hunter 6.5 PRC, Nightforce shv F1 mil, seekins

[billfromtx]

Last gun?




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This??

[az2tx]

First of all "this last gun" thing has got to go. A good rule of thumb is you can have the same amount if guns as your wife has shoes. We all know how women are with shoes.

I have a cpl of questions, You want a new gun, what do you want it for? Hunting, target and 1000 yd gun. Will you shoot it often? or take it to the range once a year and then hunt from a blind that is 100 yards away from a feeder.

What type of shooting experience and abilities do you have? Some guys can hit bottle caps at 200 yrds and some may hit a garbage can lid

Their is no sense to be looking at a high dollar custom rifle for a 100 yd shot