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LOOKING FOR A NEW RIFLE (BOLT ACTION). I HUNT MAINE & NEW HAMPSHIRE.I WILL PROBABLY GET A .308 CAL. I AM UNDECIDED BETWEEN A TIKKA &BROWING A OR X BOLT. IN THE BROWING I,M LOOKING AT THE MICROHUNTRER WITH A BARREL @ 20".THEY ARE PRICED ALMOST THE SAME. LOOKING FOR ADVICE. THANKS JOHN

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I'd look at the Browning A- BOLT as a first choice. Good luck.

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I have a Browning A-bolt Microhunter in 7mm/08.The gun is light,fast handling,balances great and shoulders perfectly.I couldn't ask for a better rifle.Topped with a Nikon 2x7,it's the best hunting rifle I've ever owned.It also has an outstanding trigger!

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Id go with the Browning even though all I own is Remington except 2 of my shotguns.

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Tikka.. Big Bore hunter..

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I have the Tikka in 243 and Abolt in 270.Both are great shooter(less than 1"@100 yards).Fit and finnish goes to Abolt.Price goes to Tikka.Tikka has great tigger out of the box,I had to get a gunsmith on the Abolt but now tigger is great.This is first year with the Tikka and killed two dear,one at 120 yards,DRT,and one at 475 yards that went about 75 yards(bad bullet placement).I have never missed with the abolt making kills from six yards to 275 yards all one shot kills.The Tikka is about a pound lighter.I would and do hunt with both the only reason I would pickup the Browning sooner is because of the 270 vs 243 altough both will kill if shot placement is correct.Shot placement has more to do with killing than caliber or bullet.Get a gun that feels gun to you and practice.

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Remington... Buy American.

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I think I'd go with an unissuedYugo made M48 (Mauser). Cool history, cool gun. Great price too for a good shooter.

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Good link to the mauser M48. Prices & history.

http://mauser.org/rifles/hist_m48/index.htm

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Browning a-bolt all the way. These guns are the most accurate and rugged i have ever seen!!!

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I have a Browning A-bolt Hunter in the .243 caliber......nice looking gun,smooth tight action and very accurate.I have a Leupold Rifleman 3 -9 X 40mm scope with millet rings mounted on it!

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I agree with the buy American made comment. If you're looking for a high end, high quality, great shooting rifle, purchase a Kimber. If you want better, you'll need to go custom. Mine shoots sub MOA (less than an 1" at 100 yards).

I also own two Remington model 700s, one in .300wsm (stainless) and one in .308. Both shoot 1 MOA (1" at 100 yards). I lived in NH for 20 years. My goto rifle was a Winchester Model 70 in .30-06. I always felt more secure with the .30-06 (vs the .308) in bear country.

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I had a browning a-bolt composite stalker in 308 win really liked the gun but not fussy on the drop plate so i traded for a tikka t3 lite stanless 308 win,it had a stright clip also a really nice gun and its a shooter to. this year it was passed around by my family and it also took 3 nice whitetail and 2 moose using hornady sst all 3 deer droped in there trax the 2 moose only took a few steps . both are realynice guns. as for the x-bolt i called my gun dealer last week and told him to order me one in composite stalker 308 they have some nice new features i will give my tikka to my father when the x-bolt comes in. browning guns a very well put togeather and im sure the x bolt is to

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I have a Tikka in 7mm-08 and love it.

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the current issue of field and stream has a little section about new rifles, including the X-bolt. I can't remember what it said, but it may be of interest in your decision. In reality though, you-re talking about two rifles that very few people will be able to find fault with, thus a no-lose decision.

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Since you don't say otherwise,I assume you're primarily hunting Whitetail.... In that case,you could not possibly go wrong with a Browning A Bolt Stalker chambered in 270 WSM. The darn things are virtually indestructable,and the short action makes getting off 2nd and 3rd shots alot easier..... If you have hopes of drawing a Moose tag,then a 7MM WSM might be a better choice.