This is my first time posting here and I have a couple questions that I am hoping can be answered.
I am looking to buy a new gun for deer hunting and I have decided on a 25-06. However, I have not decided on the gun manufacture and is what I am needing your assistance with. Five hundred dollars is the most I can spend for just the rifle, as I have to buy a scope also.
With a 500$ cap I have found the following:
1.
Mossberg 4x4
2.
Thompson Center Venture
3.
Marlin X7S
4.
Savage Axis
I have listed them in order of what I think are the best quality/accuracy. I have not shot any of them, handled any of them nor do I know anything other than what I have read about them online in other reviews. My hope is that some of you have personal experience with these 4 rifles and can tell me how they really are? What kind of shot pattern I can expect out of them (They all say they are sub MOA - but if I was trying to sell a turd I would probably say the same thing). For ammo I will be using Winchester's Premium Ballistic Silvertip 85Gr rounds.
Thanks in advance for anyone who offers assistance with this.