ORIGINAL: kdvollmer
Somebody has said that more money does not get a better, or more accurate rifle, and in this case you are wrong. Check them out, I think that they start around 6,000-8000 for a .308 and go up from there. It is the only rifle that I have ever shot an honest 1/4 group at 100yds with. Factory demo rifle at a sniper competition, with a Nightforce scope. This is one that you really do get your moneys worth.
Do you think this is the only rifle that will do this? I know of plenty that will do this that cost much less money. I know of rimfires that will hold quarter inch groups at 100 yards. My stock $200 savage 17HMR with a mid priced 20 power scope could come very close to it. And that kind of accuracy out of a center fire has a lot less to do with how much money you spent on the gun. Don't think your going to drop 8 grand on a gun, slap an expensive scope on it and run to walmart and grab what ever rounds are on sale and shoot those kind of groups. I am quite sure there are plenty of custom guns out there that shoot just as well that have much less money invested in them.
If you want the dakota. BUY IT. KEEP IT. AND HAND IT DOWN TO YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS. It will last. ( that is the other reason to buy nice firearms. THEY LAST LONGER. long enough to give your kids.
Are you saying that gun will last longer than a browning, remington, ruger, winchester, howa, sako, savage or similar? Or that any of these guns won't last long enough to pass down to your children? They are all made from the same materials for the most part. I don't see where the one for twice the money will last considerably longer than any of the others as long as they are well taken care of. I know of some of those brands that have been around for generations.
Paul