What Old Budget Rifle Should I Buy?

Superbrad said:
Just a bit outside of the box here....... I have sold off every rem I owned and replaced with Ruger m77 rifles, but there is one "rem" I can't get rid of...... It's a rem 799 in .223 and it shoots cloverleafs... When I do my part....very light to carry, compact, and I think it's pretty..... It's essentially a Mauser Crf action in a Boyd's laminate stock..... I think in .308, you would be looking for a model 798....

Mine new was less than $700..... So used should be in your budget.....

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I believe that these are a rebadged Zastava. They are also sold by Tradex, come up on the EE commonly. Had one of these, yet another rebadge a Interarms Mark X in 375 H&H.....good guns those Zastava's. Chevrolet trim level, so if you want Cadillac i suppose you could hit the Walnut lottery .....but just a good solid utility rifle.
 
nowarningshot said:
I believe that these are a rebadged Zastava. They are also sold by Tradex, come up on the EE commonly. Had one of these, yet another rebadge a Interarms Mark X in 375 H&H.....good guns those Zastava's. Chevrolet trim level, so if you want Cadillac i suppose you could hit the Walnut lottery .....but just a good solid utility rifle.
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Bang on......

As far as fit and finish goes, they are "decent" .... The groups I get are above par.... Just my experience......

Based on the OP, I put this rifle heads and tails over an axis and think it fits the bill....

He is asking for a potential $500 rifle after all....
 
Anything that ventures within 200 yards of a 9,3x57 loaded with a 285 soft nosed privipartizan loping along around 2000 fps is going down like it was hit by the hammer of Thor,don't worry about follow up,shots,you're not going to need one.....it's kind of like a 30/30 on steroids,and I've got 3 of them,superb condition,walnut stocks,excellent barrels ,and didn't pay more than $250 each from Tradeex ,which is about the best value you can get for your money

Yes,I know the 9,3x57 is a 'short range ' 250 yard gun...but 250 yards is way farther than I've ever shot...
 
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.308's are probably your best deer rifle, but I have a cheap Savage model 340 bolt action 30-30 with 2 clips for sale. This is the type of deer rifle I got from my dad at age 14. there are lots of choices. Good luck, Duncan
 
conor_90 said:
^ I just sold a guy a (painfully) lovingly sporterized mosin. I wanted something in a different caliber with the option to mount a peep sight, even if a weaver base is the way to do that.

I want to love the mosin in theory, but it is just a list of #### that needs to be fixed to make something that is not just a battle rifle ime in practice. All the bedding, cutting/crowning, boyds restocking, tons of range trips to see if the mount was holding the scope, finally getting the mount secure and it turns out the scope has been pooched by the recoil. :HR:

I think I learned my lesson about sporterizing mosins on that one.

tl/dr should have just bought an m44 a long time ago, will save the brass and ammo this time.

Tradex seems to be winning at this point, a guy can own a couple of mausers rights?

It will be a cold day in hell before I buy a modern savage rifle.
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I understand your pain. I got bit by the Mosin-itis bug a while back, so we won't discus how many of them (of different flavours) I have kicking around. It's a love/hate thing. There's some things to love, and a lot to hate about the Mosin. There's not much I would call "refined" about them.
 
conor_90 said:
Like the opposite. I would not own a .338 if I lived in Ontario, even I don't have magnumitis that bad. I split my time between south western Alberta and north western BC.
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You understand why he asked, right? If you don't have your location posted and you ask about something "deer legal" it's a natural assumption that you are in Ontario with their bull#### rules about calibre.
 
^ BUM I was thinking deer legal for AB, in other words no .22 centerfires.

I don't pretend to understand Ontario's arcane laws.
 
^ no real intention to hide. I just change locations with some regularity.

I think I may have done the thing people in Ontario are often accused of doing, where they conflate the reality in their province with that in others, with my "deer legal" criteria.

I guess as punishment I will have to buy a .270 pump action remington.
 
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I think some people are confused as to what "Ontario's" laws really are..... There is no .270 caliber restriction for deer.... The .270 cal restriction is only in certain areas and applies to hunting small game during an open deer season....
 
conor_90 said:
^ no real intention to hide. I just change locations with some regularity.

I think I may have done the thing people in Ontario are often accused of doing, where they conflate the reality in their province with that in others, with my "deer legal" criteria.

I guess as punishment I will have to buy a .270 semi-auto jam-o-matic remington.
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What a strange law

So you only really need to go sub .270 if you are a mixed bag hunter? In a certain part of south eastern ontario?
 
conor_90 said:
What a strange law

So you only really need to go sub .270 if you are a mixed bag hunter? In a certain part of south eastern ontario?
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No.... In fact, as long as you have your deer license you can carry above .270...... regardless of what you are hunting.... The "less than .275 caliber" only applies to a small area.... mostly around Toronto (Go figure)

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Firearms
If you are hunting small game in an area where there is an
open season for deer, moose, elk, or black bear, you may
not possess or use a rif le of greater muzzle energy than 400
foot-pounds or shells loaded with ball or with shot larger than
No. 2 shot (non-toxic equivalents include steel shot larger
than triple BBB, or bismuth larger than double BB), unless
you possess a valid licence to hunt deer, moose, elk or black
bear as the case may be. This restriction does not apply south
of the French and Mattawa Rivers during an open season for
deer that is restricted to the use of bows.
A person hunting small game may not carry or use a rif le
of greater calibre than a .275-calibre rif le, except a muzzle-
loading gun, in the geographic areas of Brant, Chatham-Kent,
Durham, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, Huron,
Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Norfolk, Northumberland,
Oxford, Peel, Perth, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington or York.
 
Superbrad said:
No.... In fact, as long as you have your deer license you can carry above .270...... regardless of what you are hunting.... The "less than .275 caliber" only applies to a small area.... mostly around Toronto (Go figure)

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Firearms
If you are hunting don't move to Ontario.
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Fixed it for you. ;)
 
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