Best whitetail rifle for $500-700?
06-22-2013, 09:13 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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06-22-2013, 12:07 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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My $.02 ... I have experience with the Ruger 77 or Savage 110. Good rifles as already mentioned. These are well made rifles and long proven designs. Look a the used gun market too. With all of the hoopla over the ammo/gun scare, that market is pretty strong right now but I recently bought my grandson a like new Browning A-Bolt, composite stock rifle in 243 Win. for $350.
If your budget is $700 tops, don't forget to leave room for a decent scope.
If your budget is $700 tops, don't forget to leave room for a decent scope.
06-23-2013, 07:35 AM
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Yes...yes you did! hahaha
My daughter and niece both started hunting with Weatherby Vanguards (they are a Howa 1500) in .243. Great rifle for the money, both were very accurate out of the box with just about everything we fed them.
My daughter and niece both started hunting with Weatherby Vanguards (they are a Howa 1500) in .243. Great rifle for the money, both were very accurate out of the box with just about everything we fed them.
07-13-2013, 06:06 PM
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Spike
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FYI, I ended up with a Browning A bolt. Just felt the best overall. Very pleasing action and trigger. Was shocked at how much worse the bolt action on the Savage rifle felt compared to any other rifle I handled. Really off putting. Thanks for the input.
07-14-2013, 05:01 PM
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Spike
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I checked, 5% off the entire order of a about $1330. So you could say the rifle was $504 or, if you think about it like I do, the gun was $570 and there was $60 worth of ammo thrown in. This was at Gander Mtn, nice guys behind the counter but they looked awfully bored for a Saturday in the summer...