Looking for bolt action rifle

[Epaphroditus]

243 is really an excellent cartridge.

[homelessdude]

Keep in mind that if you are hunting in Ca. you must use non lead bullets. This can be a problem if you wander to far from the more popular calibers and you don't reload.

.243, .270, 30.06, .308, 7mm, 7mm/.08, should be easy to find. . 25/06 great caliber but not as common. I believe there are nonlead bullets for a lot of the 6mm and 6.5mm. as well.

[Sutcliffe]

Try Howa

They make accurate, affordable, well-made guns.

[M1XdColt]

If you're in the central valley than most deer you may encounter are 2 pointers at most but maybe once in a blue moon you can bump into a 3 pointer. However they are to smart for most hunter, 6.5 creek, 243, 7-08, 308, to 270, & 30-06 would do the job. Anything else bigger like 7mm mag and up are over kill for them 2 pointers that's why I went back to a standard 308. But if you're hunting bear too than it's ok to upsize to a bigger caliber.

[ACfixer]

....that's why I went back to a standard 308....

This. I shoot everything with a .308, simple old green and yellow 150g Core Lokt ammo. Every single store that sells ammo has .308 and when you get out of state places like corner markets sell it. Ruger American, Remington 700 ADL, Howa 1500, Savage... none of it matters in the least bit. All in the budget. Every single animal you shoot though the lungs with it will do a nose dive about 20 feet from where it's shot if you hit it right.

If you are an adult male you buy your hunting rifle in .270, .308. or .30-06, and if you never want to buy another hunting rifle you'll never need to.

[NapalmCheese]

If you are an adult male you buy your hunting rifle in .270, .308. or .30-06, and if you never want to buy another hunting rifle you'll never need to.

I can't tell if I've regressed in age or become transgendered, I don't own a single rifle chambered for any of those!

[kevins750]

Sportsmans warehouse has the TC compass on sale now $230
Howa are usually on sale for around $400
Certainn Winchester and browning rifles are in the $400
Sportsmans has quite a few Nikon's on sale right now also.

TC compass in 7-08 and a 4-12x40 Nikon should be had for a little over $400

[HUTCH 7.62]

Mauser action rifles can be found cheap in the used market . Look for one in 270 or 30-06

[ACfixer]

I can't tell if I've regressed in age or become transgendered, I don't own a single rifle chambered for any of those!

Hahaha well to be fair I only own 2 out of 3! My point was just that all three are ubiquitous choices for anyone not recoil sensitive and not looking to reload etc... You can buy any one of the three and be good to go. The phrasing of my prior post is a little off, as if those are your only choices if you are in fact a full grown man.

[DrewN]

I can't tell if I've regressed in age or become transgendered, I don't own a single rifle chambered for any of those!

I mean,you're correct, but you must mean 6.5x55

[NapalmCheese]

I mean,you're correct, but you must mean 6.5x55

My preferred pronoun is 7mm-08

It's not that I dislike recoil (I regularly shoot a 12 gauge with 1-1/4 oz loads for ducks), it's that if I can get by with less recoil I'll take it!

I keep trying to think of reasons to buy a .30-06 but most of them come down to "I don't have one yet".

But I agree, anything based on the '06, .308, or x57 case would be just fine. We can lump the x55 in there too, why not?

[Usmc0844spare]

Any opinions on Howa? Accurate? Generally no better/worse than Savage/Tikka?

I have no bolt rifle and am pondering getting a Howa barreled action next time they go on sale and figuring out the stock later.

[hambam105]

The rifle is one thing...

But I would definitely not buy a rifle chambered in an obsolete caliber such as a 308 or 270.

Not when you can buy a Triple Delux super short 2.x92 Magnum with a Chinese made scope and
double compensated recoil reliever. And On-Sale-Now at a box store near you.

[HUTCH 7.62]

The rifle is one thing...

But I would definitely not buy a rifle chambered in an obsolete caliber such as a 308 or 270.

Not when you can buy a Triple Delux super short 2.x92 Magnum with a Chinese made scope and
double compensated recoil reliever. And On-Sale-Now at a box store near you.

You’ve been over at the High Road. 270 is not obsolete


270 is one of the better calibers for shooting solid copper bullets, well that and 300 Win Mag.

[croue]

The rifle is one thing...



But I would definitely not buy a rifle chambered in an obsolete caliber such as a 308 or 270.



Not when you can buy a Triple Delux super short 2.x92 Magnum with a Chinese made scope and

double compensated recoil reliever. And On-Sale-Now at a box store near you.

[emoji23].



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