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Best sub $1K hunting rifle #6542247 11/14/16 03:01 AM
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Looking for a new rifle in either .243 or 6.5 creed. Want to stay under a grand for rifle only

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Do you want something as nice as possible for $1000? Or is that just the top end of the budget. Lots of quality hunting rifles available for much much less than $1k


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Tikka or sako

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Originally Posted By: jhenderson
Tikka or sako


Yup.


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Tikkas aren't available in 6.5 creed are they?

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tikkas suk,


try a Browning x-bolt, seriously the Tikka is a nice rifle. I guess...trolling a bit

My daughter checked zero on her Browning Micro X-Bolt yesterday, little rifle amazes me with its accuracy out of the box. 7mm-08.

Browning has a new model out called the Hell's Canyon in 6.5 Creed, has a McMillan Game Scout stock, burnt bronze Cerakote, Vais brake, trick rifle......check it out.


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Sako A7.

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Savage all the way but the tikka is good just not as good smile


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If you want a 6.5 Creedmoor get a Savage. I'd try to find a used one and spend the rest on glass.

If you want a .243 or other caliber Tikka and Savage are great.

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That's pretty sweet. Wonder how long the back order would take .

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No idea last I heard was after the first of the year

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Originally Posted By: Gone to Texas
If you want a 6.5 Creedmoor get a Savage. I'd try to find a used one and spend the rest on glass.

If you want a .243 or other caliber Tikka and Savage are great.


X2, really can't go wrong with a Savage.

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Originally Posted By: jvr_dejesus

X2, really can't go wrong with a Savage.


If you don't mind having to double stroke it to chamber a round, and if you don't mind it eventually not ejecting, sure they're good rifles, with a good barrel.

If you want to avoid those problems AND have a good rifle with a good barrel, go Tikka.

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That's plenty to get you a very nice rifle.

My two top rifles are a Winchester Featherweight Model 70, and a Weatherby Vanguard Deluxe Sporter that I recently picked up a Walmart. It's a special version of the Vanguard made especially for Walmart that carries nearly all the higher end features of their Deluxe Vanguard (high gloss, polished stock and high luster bluing) but for half the price of their Deluxe model ($657 as opposed to $1147 list). It seems to be a very hard-to-find model that you won't see listed on the Weatherby website, or anywhere else on the Web for that matter. But as many have said about their own Vanguards, it's a true tack driver for sure.

The Winchester Model 70 is another great classic and beautiful gun to own IMO.

And although I don't own one, there isn't anything more classic than a Remington Model 700 BDL.


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Ill add another vote for wby vanguard, very happy with mine.


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Originally Posted By: Texas Dan
That's plenty to get you a very nice rifle.

My two top rifles are a Winchester Featherweight Model 70, and a Weatherby Vanguard Deluxe Sporter that I recently picked up a Walmart. It's a special version of the Vanguard made especially for Walmart that carries nearly all the higher end features of their Deluxe Vanguard (high gloss, polished stock and high luster bluing) but for half the price of their Deluxe model ($657 as opposed to $1147 list). It seems to be a very hard-to-find model that you won't see listed on the Weatherby website, or anywhere else on the Web for that matter. But as many have said about their own Vanguards, it's a true tack driver for sure.

The Winchester Model 70 is another great classic and beautiful gun to own IMO.

And although I don't own one, there isn't anything more classic than a Remington Model 700 BDL.
Local WM has one in 30-06, 308, and 270. If they had one in 223, I would have gotten it instead of the Tikka. Really nice rifle for the price.

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We have several Vanguards in the family and I really like them. For less than a grand though you can have a Winchester M70 which I'd rather have.


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Don't get me wrong my old vanguard would shoot just about one hole at 100 yards but feel and finish tikka is leagues ahead.

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Originally Posted By: jhenderson
Don't get me wrong my old vanguard would shoot just about one hole at 100 yards but feel and finish tikka is leagues ahead.


What vanguard do you have?

I prefer vanguard for the feel and finish. Tika feels like a cheap light pos to me, its why I couldn't buy one.


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X2, really can't go wrong with a Savage.


If you don't mind having to double stroke it to chamber a round, and if you don't mind it eventually not ejecting, sure they're good rifles, with a good barrel.

If you want to avoid those problems AND have a good rifle with a good barrel, go Tikka.


Don't shoot as much as you but I've never had any of these problems. In fact my Max 1 Predator action is as smooth as my Sakos and the trigger is awesome. I really think just about every manufacturer is making a good rifle these days. Best to just pick one you like and feels good in your hands. Tikkas shoot excellent and the action is smooth but just feel flimsy and cheap to me.

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Savage builds a shooting rifle, no doubt.

Pretty much every customer I have come out with a Savage, they have no problem all the way down the range. And a few times ,or many times, all of them will try to chamber a round, back up the bolt a half inch, then it'll chamber. It happened, and happens with my Savage actions. I suspect it is their extractor design causing it.

The lack of ejecting is why my .22-250, prairie dog rifle, is why it hasn't been fixed or replaced. Since it doesn't eject, I don't lose brass on the prairie. smile


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Savage and Tikka are my 2 favorites. As for Tikkas feeling "Cheap" I don't get that feeling at all. Sure, the stock is extremely light, but so is any factory plastic stock. Honestly, I love my Tikka T3 Lite in .243 because it is extremely light. It is 100% factory and I can pack that thing anywhere. If I wanted a heavier, more solid stock I would get a Manners, McMillan, or B&C.

That being said, Savage has my favorite feature of any rifle brand, being able to change the barrel. An average joe can change the rifle barrel on a Savage and change the caliber of the rifle. A buddy of mine bought a Savage in .308, then bought after market barrels in 6.5 Creedmoor and .243 Win. Whenever he wants a different caliber he changes the barrel, which takes about 30 minutes.

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Originally Posted By: redchevy
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Don't get me wrong my old vanguard would shoot just about one hole at 100 yards but feel and finish tikka is leagues ahead.


What vanguard do you have?

I prefer vanguard for the feel and finish. Tika feels like a cheap light pos to me, its why I couldn't buy one.


I'm with redchevy, I've never heard anyone say the fit and finish of a Tikka is better than a Vanguard until now. It has always been the other way around.


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