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Thread: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
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28-10-2021, 20:11 #21
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
Unless you seeking a inheritance piece thing of beauty that you may fear using, as a first/only hunting rifle, just go Stainless barrel and synthetic or laminated stock - would replace every one of my rifles with mentioned type of set up with out a thought if it were not such a shlepp.
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28-10-2021, 22:29 #22
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
That pretty much sums it up!
For the record, I own or have owned sporterised Lee Enfield, Howa, CZ & Brno, Musgrave, Mauser & mauser-actioned derivatives as well as American brands like Savage & Ruger in a variety of calibres. I have also used rifles that weren't mine of the same and other brands including Sako & Tkka (seeing as these brands were mentioned by others). All have their place and I have enjoyed (almost) all of them for their particular merits, but for a first rifle I would recommend Howa 308 every single time, 100% of the time. Only decision required is std barrel or heavy barrel. I would recommend buying it with the standard Hogue stock (which is "free") and upgrade later. After you have got used to rifles and decided what works for you, then go out and buy an heirloom with a fancy brand name, stock & trimmings in a different calibre.
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29-10-2021, 02:53 #23
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
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29-10-2021, 04:21 #24
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
People don’t know what they don’t know. Have they owned a Tikka or Sako before? Have they even touched or cycled one in a shop?
My preference, and I have just sold my last Howa. And there is nothing wrong, it gets the job done just fine! It did not fill me with joy when I took it out the safe. I also have CZ’s, Rugers, a Marlin and then Tikka’s and Sako’s. I am interested in nothing else now as far as bolt action hunting rifles go. It just leaves you with a different feeling.
I think your budget allows you to get very close to a Tikka. If you want to save money, don’t get a rifle at all…
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29-10-2021, 08:10 #25
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
My suggestion would be to go with a Tikka T3 on a laminated stock to start out and at a later stage put it onto a Boyds adjustable stock with pillars and bedding as finances allow .I have a T3 in 30 06 on a GRS Beserka adjustable stock and it is extremely accurate .
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29-10-2021, 10:36 #26
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
I have a Remington 700 sps 20" bull barrel.
Hogue stock, stock trigger. Rifle is a tack driver, only been out to 300 with it.
No issues carrying the 20" bull barrel in the bush, recently added a reflex suppressor and it's still fine for day out in the bush in terms of weight, I think a good sling also makes a difference here, I have a nice padded limbsaver.
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29-10-2021, 11:29 #27
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
Buy all accounts, a standard Howa is good enough for most purposes and usually does not need improvement. If you like tinkering with your rifle, then Howa would be the way to go. But, "pimp-my-Howa" is not always a cheap exercise. And, once you are done, you still only have a Howa.
Personally, I think buying a Howa to "improve" with aftermarket parts does not really make sense from a financial point of view.
If you take the price of a new Howa, add the price of your new stock of choice, the nice trigger, gunsmith cost of fitting all of the above, then you find it is getting quite close to buying a new Tikka. Add to that the inconvenience of shooting with a rifle that is not to your satisfaction yet and the time the rifle is in the shop for said gunsmith to do the actual work, I would rather buy the Tikka.
But then, I have always been slightly weird...
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04-11-2021, 19:35 #28
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
What is the difference between these 2?
T3x hunter and T3 varmint.
Different barrels possibly?
Looks like T3 is older and not made anymore
Syntehtic vs wooden stock
Anything else that will lean me towards the one or other
Thanks guys
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04-11-2021, 19:47 #29
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Re: Ready to buy hunting rifle .308
So I have read this whole thread, my opinion, get a Howa 20"bullbarrel, got mine at Kloppers in a laminated stock for about R12000..
Yes I had the trigger changed.. And the rifle was bedded..
This a 3 shot grouping at 200m..buy your Howa, and spend some money on a decent scope.. My 2c
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04-11-2021, 19:52 #30
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The varmint will be a bull barrel ( thick barrel ). T3 is the older model, bolt shroud is plastic, T3x is metal. Also improvement on the t3x is the recoil lug. If you are going to drop it into a chassis it won’t matter, the bolt shroud you can get aftermarket. So only difference will be barrel thickness and stock material.
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