Best PRS/Hunting hybrid rifle in .308

Forest1488 said:
The way I look at is what kind of hunting do you plan on doing. If you have a spot that you can easily walk or ride to and can comfortably set up for the whole day, you can bring any comp gun you want. If you are doing day long walkabouts over hill and dale, it becomes a much more challenging prospect to balance the two requirements. Having said that there are some good suggestions in this thread. Good luck with your search.
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Best response yet.
Depending on the type of hunt any competition gun could be wholly appropriate or not.
For me, and my hunts I wouldn’t consider anything other than a light(ish) bolt action, stainless synthetic with a quality scope of moderate magnification (1-6, 3-9, 4-12 max).
Heavy barrels are not an option, let alone all the other enhancements.
 
You will likely find that you will have one rifle that isn't ideal for either sport you are wanting to do but starting out I would recommend the Tikka T3 CTR in a 6.5 creedmoor this would give you a good rifle and found that will perform in both worlds and gives options to upgrade in the future. I haven't been able to play with a Bergara but hear good things but likely won't be able to upgrade in future if you choose to move to a chassis or custom parts.

Likely can find a used Tikka in 6.5 and a MDT ess chassis on EE and stay under $2000 and you can change over your stocks depending on what you are doing
 
Steyr pro hunter in 308 and be done. Spend what's left on good optics and a Harris bipod. I've been down this same road...started with a Remington 700 VSF, found it was too heavy and long for hunting. Handled a Steyr SSG04, perfect but too expensive... the Prohunter was just about right. Good luck and let us know what you end up with. Cheers.
 
I'd say same, LTR.

Not too heavy or long for hunting and will hold it's own in competition. A must to swap the trigger for a Trigger Tech or the like. Also doesn't have the cheaper plastic SPS stock. Down the road you can have it rebarreled to 6.5 cm since it's all the rage (for good reason).


theshootist said:
Rem 700 LTR would be something to consider
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Fore300 said:
You will likely find that you will have one rifle that isn't ideal for either sport you are wanting to do but starting out I would recommend the Tikka T3 CTR in a 6.5 creedmoor this would give you a good rifle and found that will perform in both worlds and gives options to upgrade in the future. I haven't been able to play with a Bergara but hear good things but likely won't be able to upgrade in future if you choose to move to a chassis or custom parts.

Likely can find a used Tikka in 6.5 and a MDT ess chassis on EE and stay under $2000 and you can change over your stocks depending on what you are doing
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You had to be THAT guy, the caliber is 308...
 
I’ll be that guy too. Why .308? Do you have a ton of brass etc. and all set up to reload .308? I haven’t done the math at 600 but pretty sure if it’s windy you’re going to have handicap. All things being said I would go with a CTR or possibly a Bergara although I have no experience with the latter.
 
My hunting buddy has a Remington 700 Police , 308 with a MacMillan stock.
Well balanced and not overly heavy .
it,s a range gun however , he prefers light carbines like his 6.5x54 Mannlicher.
Cat
 
Steyr SSG 69. Perhaps the perfect combination. Their aren't a lot of them out there, but if you ever shoot one you'll be hard pressed to go back to anything else.
 
That's why a couple of us recommend the LTR. It's a lighter more compact version of the 700 Police. If you handle one and directly compare to the 700P you'll notice a big difference. If you don't over-do the scope on the LTR is a viable hunting rig for many situations, not all of course.


catnthehatt said:
My hunting buddy has a Remington 700 Police , 308 with a MacMillan stock.
Well balanced and not overly heavy .
it,s a range gun however , he prefers light carbines like his 6.5x54 Mannlicher.
Cat
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KePet said:
Steyr SSG 69. Perhaps the perfect combination. Their aren't a lot of them out there, but if you ever shoot one you'll be hard pressed to go back to anything else.
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No, its a bad bad idea. It is not that good of a rifle to begin with, discontinued, no parts, no stocks. At best - a curious relic.
 
owlowl said:
No, its a bad bad idea. It is not that good of a rifle to begin with, discontinued, no parts, no stocks. At best - a curious relic.
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Well, it dépends on what you are looking for. The SSG 69 rifle has been discontinued, that's right, and I have not seen ONE for sale here on CGN for about twelve months. Obviously, those CGN members that own SSG 69 rifles are keeping them. There must be one or more reasons for that situation. The SSG 69 rifles are, pound for pound, always full of surprises in the precision department - at least the samples that I have met (6" at 600 hundreds yards on a military range).

As for the parts and stocks, with the glorious (!) North Sylva Company out of the picture, they are now available in Canada.

If you have a Steyr Mannlicher SSG 69 PI rifle in good condition (.308 Winchester only) for sale, put it on the EE. You WILL sell it for a good chunk of money - muy pronto ! They are still much sought after.

It is a good idea, methinks.
 
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No it is not a good idea. It is vintage, not a practical rifle. Old and really used SSG 69 is even worse idea, its a press fit barrel. If you want a rifle to shoot that is, and not collecting.
 
owlowl said:
No it is not a good idea. It is vintage, not a practical rifle. Old and really used SSG 69 is even worse idea, its a press fit barrel. If you want a rifle to shoot that is, and not collecting.
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It's a great idea. Press fit or not. They are accurate, and yet light enough to be maneuverable. Don't know why you would say it's not a rifle to shoot - If you can shoot enough .308 out of their hammer forged barrels that you need a barrel change, the press fit might be an issue. But I haven't heard of anybody doing that, at least not a private individual. Maybe one of the government agencies that used them for sniper rifles for years, and shot REALLY high volumes. The Steyr hammer forged barrels are about the most accurate out their. The design is tried and tested. And the history of the rifle speaks for itself. And when you say they are no longer produced - they only stopped making them in 2015 - about 3 years ago - not exactly a "relic"
 
I have 2 new Remmy SPS units in 308,,, Jewel triggers on both,,, ones a medium heavy barrel,,, the other is factory sporter.

Both shoot .75 MOA using dialed in reloads,,, I could easily squeeze .33 MOA out of them.

Both rifles have 2 stocks for hunting and competion.

Wildcat Compassionate stock made by Stewart,,, Chris with MCRS built my other stock.

http://www.mcrstactical.com/

Either one of these rifles can switch to either of these stocks,,, normally the medium heavy lives 90% of its life in the MCRS in competition,,, factory set-up when hunting, plinking, predator control.

And optics,,, let's just say I have a endless supply to chose from. Ha.

I might only a few rifles,,, but I own alot of glass.
 
KePet said:
It's a great idea. Press fit or not. They are accurate, and yet light enough to be maneuverable. Don't know why you would say it's not a rifle to shoot - If you can shoot enough .308 out of their hammer forged barrels that you need a barrel change, the press fit might be an issue. But I haven't heard of anybody doing that, at least not a private individual. Maybe one of the government agencies that used them for sniper rifles for years, and shot REALLY high volumes. The Steyr hammer forged barrels are about the most accurate out their. The design is tried and tested. And the history of the rifle speaks for itself. And when you say they are no longer produced - they only stopped making them in 2015 - about 3 years ago - not exactly a "relic"
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Old legends die hard ) Nothing from the design of 69 was never used before or AFTER in any rifle built by Steyr or anyone else. There was nothing worth reusing from that design, or so Steyr thinks.

"Accurate" is very speculative, Tikka, Savage, Howa or any decent new production rifle will shoot at least on the same level as 69, if not better.

Stock on 69 is pure junk by modern standard. Replacement is practically unavailable. Rotary magazine and bottom plastic is horrible. Practically no way to change that. I did, took me close to $800 to just put a bottom metal with AI mag. Stock Steyr bottom and magazines are the WORST you can possibly get ever.

Price on a 69 in 2015 was around $1.5k. I assume it won't drop under $1k even if you buy used. It is ridiculous to argue for any value for money, unless you have some romantic memories connected to the 69 specifically.
 
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