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Post by whyohe on Sept 16, 2009 15:12:41 GMT -5
we talk alot about what caliber we use for what game but what makes you choose a certain manufacturer? i have a rem modle 700 BDL. i bought it cause it felt good balance wise and it looked good and the price was right. i bought my dad a Savage non accutrigger cause of the accuracy ive heard others have had and the price was there.
now we for the most part dont get to go out and shoot these guns befor we buy them so we really dont know how accurate or how they feel when we shoot so what are you looking for when you make that purchase? I know alot of it is personal preferance but i wonder why you chose the gun maker you did. my dad did have a Ruger he bought modle mark 77 he bought cause he like the action.
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Post by petev on Sept 16, 2009 18:45:43 GMT -5
I look first for the fit, and then how it pulls up to my shoulder. Is it on target immediately upon getting to my shoulder? Then comes the trigger, weight of the gun, and then aesthetics, including the fact that I generally favor a traditional wood stock.
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Post by billc on Sept 18, 2009 17:12:33 GMT -5
I've been so disappointed in factory rifle overall lack of quality the past several years that now I just buy parts and build them. The only thing I'm interested in for a factory rifle is price, either for parts or to leave in the back of the truck or to throw away when it gets dirty.
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Post by northny on Sept 21, 2009 19:24:01 GMT -5
;D lol I can't even answer this for myself, so I doubt my logic will work for anyone else. My dad was partial to winchester rifles (modle 54 then 70), and ithaca doubles (16 gauge) so I started there. I still favor the winchesters, but it is emotional and not logical. (OK, maybe I am familiar with the 3 position winchester safety.) but my brother always went the remington 700 route, and caliber for caliber the remingtons outshot the winchesters (in stock configuration, with just a trigger adjustment). But the differnece was small, one inche vs inch and an quarter, and the deer never new the difference, so I still like Wichester, even the Mod 88s with their quirky trigger For heavy barrel target rifles, I always went Remington 700.
I had a few ruger 77's, and still kick myself for selling the .243 for it was a tack driver for a sporter.
In the last decade or so, most of the rifles I have bought have been on the used market, almost all of them from people I know at the gun club or hunting buddies, and I have been able to shoot them before buying. The only new guns have been the Savage ML IIs.
So for me, its a random walk.
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Post by whyohe on Sept 21, 2009 21:01:43 GMT -5
i under stand the emotional aspect, i bought my marlin 44 mag lever action for that very reason, it was the first gun i learned to hunt with. i cant say i go with a particular brand either. i have 2 savages 1 remington 700, 3 marlins, 3 taurus's, a ruger revolver and other military guns. i go with what fits me and my budget at the time. if it feel good at the shoulder for the most part. as stated befor there are some emotional purchases.
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Post by Al on Sept 22, 2009 1:59:06 GMT -5
I've been so disappointed in factory rifle overall lack of quality the past several years that now I just buy parts and build them. The only thing I'm interested in for a factory rifle is price, either for parts or to leave in the back of the truck or to throw away when it gets dirty. I pretty much went the same route as Bill, buy cheap ADL guns for the actions and put on a good barrel. But I will say the factory quality seems to have come up over the last couple of years. I worked with a couple of new Remmy 700 LSS's in 7mm RUM last summer, and it was no problem staying moa @ 300yds with 160gr Accubonds over Hogdons book load of H50BMG. The only thing I done to them, was freefloat bed them and bring the triggers down to 3#. |
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Post by hunterjim on Sept 22, 2009 13:11:25 GMT -5
Lately I have been buying Riger rifles: good quality, shoot well, and good options available. Most recently a .300 RCM...jim
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Post by Tarheel on Sept 23, 2009 21:19:39 GMT -5
Remington 700's are hard to beat right out the box, but the last couple Browning A-Bolts have shot really well with no tweaking. Most, if not all, A-Bolts come with free-floated barrels and a small amount of bedding compound around the recoil lug. My 280 A-Bolt Medallion shots MOA with Hornady 139gr. SST.
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