Rugged hunting rifle suggestions

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Big_red_truck

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I need suggestions for a rugged hunting rifle boys. I need quality and accuracy. This thing is tagging along a quad , truck, snow mobile and boat. Have my eyes on a tikka t-3 or ruger scout. 2 different classes but hey ... YAy or nay? Need 2 rifles , one in 22-250 and one for big game.
 
Ruger M77 Hawkeye... in .22/250 and another one in .280/.308/.30/06. Familiarity of one consistent, rugged platform chambered for two cartridges.
 
Weatherly vanguard gets my vote. Incredibly accurate, all metal, great feel. I have a lazermark .30-06 for the nice stands and weather, Backcountry .30-06 for poor weather and walking. Synthetic blued .22-250 for varmints. Can't say enough good about them. Some say they are heavy but Composite is 7 1/4 lbs and backcountry is 6 3/4 lbs . Not what I consider heavy but to each his own.
 
shorttrac said:
Weatherly vanguard gets my vote. Incredibly accurate, all metal, great feel. I have a lazermark .30-06 for the nice stands and weather, Backcountry .30-06 for poor weather and walking. Synthetic blued .22-250 for varmints. Can't say enough good about them. Some say they are heavy but Composite is 7 1/4 lbs and backcountry is 6 3/4 lbs . Not what I consider heavy but to each his own.
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Ah yes , I've looked at them here and there but never handled one. I haven't read much bad reviews on them which is great. 7lbs I can live with. I'll look into em and see if I can find a local sale or dealer to handle one.
 
shorttrac said:
weatherly vanguard gets my vote. Incredibly accurate, all metal, great feel. I have a lazermark .30-06 for the nice stands and weather, backcountry .30-06 for poor weather and walking. Synthetic blued .22-250 for varmints. Can't say enough good about them. Some say they are heavy but composite is 7 1/4 lbs and backcountry is 6 3/4 lbs . Not what i consider heavy but to each his own.
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Another one for the Ruger model 77. If you want a detach mag go with the scout if not the hawkeye. If you want the hawkeye I'd assume you'd want stainless if so you might want to get one sooner than later as Ruger's dropping the SS Hawkeye.
 
amosfella said:
CZ rifles are very good. Was at the Africa show. They all had very good things to say about cz reliability.... After that, they said Winchester, or fn...
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There are quite a few truck loads of Ruger rifles over on the Dark Continent also...
 
After expirencing winchester m70, Remington 700, browning abolt, Cz 550, and Zastava m70, I came to the conclusion that the ruger m77 is the best in my opinion. The 3 position safety is better than winchester one as it locks up the cocking piece and is not as flimsy. They have the lc6 trigger which is set to a pretty decent pull for out of the box and great accuracy. The other makes and models mentioned above can be great but there's something about the ruger that stood out ( winchester 2nd place, rem and browning on par). For tikka, no expirence with them since all the plastic that's on the action kept me away. In my option a rifle should not have plastic on it ( stocks are a diffrent story , I write regarding barrelled action).
 
dgradinaru said:
After expirencing winchester m70, Remington 700, browning abolt, Cz 550, and Zastava m70, I came to the conclusion that the ruger m77 is the best in my opinion. The 3 position safety is better than winchester one as it locks up the cocking piece and is not as flimsy. They have the lc6 trigger which is set to a pretty decent pull for out of the box and great accuracy. The other makes and models mentioned above can be great but there's something about the ruger that stood out ( winchester 2nd place, rem and browning on par). For tikka, no expirence with them since all the plastic that's on the action kept me away. In my option a rifle should not have plastic on it ( stocks are a diffrent story , I write regarding barrelled action).
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I haven't handled much newer Brownings , but I've heard mixed reviews on them. It's too bad because I've always been a browning man. I loved my abolt medallion. I've heard too many poor reviews on them and I'm scared I pick up a lemon. Old habits die hard but it could be time for a change which is why I'm looking for a few opinions. The hawkeye seems to be a great contender from what I see. Seeing as I need 2 rifles , maybe I'll pick up a hawkeye and a browning.

Any inputs on the x-bolt or a-bolt?
 
Mosin M38.

Most of them were issued to "in the rear with the gear" troops and weren't much used, so they still have good rifling and are plenty accurate. Will drop any game in North America. Cheap to feed them. Unkillable rifle. Surprisingly lightweight, especially for the era of rifle. Carbine length, so quick and easy pointing.
 
the tikka is a good one but the savage model 11/111 FCNS is also very nice, or the weatherby vanguard, or if you want to go cheap the ruger american is pretty good for the money so is the axis 2
 
Big_red_truck said:
I have a Stevens 200 in 22-250 , it's not a bad gun but I'm looking for something more accurate. And I have an old BSA in 30-06. Just looking for something newer to satisfy the crave.
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I think you're the first guy to complain about the accuracy of the 200. I bought one several years ago as a beater for just what you mentioned in the original post. Surprise surprise it shoots well sub MOA with my 180gr Partition hunting load every time.

But if you want something newer you probably can't go wrong with the Hawkeye.
 
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