Originally Posted by
timbercruiser
If it were me, I would go to Wal-Mart and buy a Rem 700 in .270 , camo for about $505, cheaper in solid black. Then on E-Bay I would get a Bushnell Elite 4200, new, for about $270 and mounts and rings for about $40. Then you can get the muzzy with a cheap scope for about $190 and still have enough left to get some equipment to outfit the muzzy, all for less than $1100. Just IMHO.
Dang! I'm not reading one more post. That there is an excellent idea. You get a top quality gun and if you get it in black("cheaper"), which is synthetic, it will be impervious to dents, etc, and less apt to warp during temperature and humidity changes. I don't like Bushnell optics, as most of them are cheap, but the Elite series are a very good scope... better than the top name brand's middle of the road scopes. I wouldn't hesitate to get an Elite 4200 on one of my guns. I do have a hankerin' preference for NiteForce.
Good idea! LOL!
iSnipe
(funny how when someone thinks like us, "it's an excellent idea", but when they don't, "it's a bad idea". LOL!)