Inspire me with your hunting rifle in 308 Winchester !
- Thread starter Riflechair
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My Tikka CTR has been through more than a few scopes/chassis and stocks:
But at the end of the day, this right below is the absolute ticket for me. Comfortable and light enough to shoot off hand, absolutely easy to shoot off the bench, and as a bonus the barrel with the brake makes deer appear the exact moment you take your hearing protection off.
Tikka CTR in 308
Hardy CF Barrel, Heathen Brake
Nightforce 2.5-10x42
Sterk swept handle
But at the end of the day, this right below is the absolute ticket for me. Comfortable and light enough to shoot off hand, absolutely easy to shoot off the bench, and as a bonus the barrel with the brake makes deer appear the exact moment you take your hearing protection off.
Tikka CTR in 308
Hardy CF Barrel, Heathen Brake
Nightforce 2.5-10x42
Sterk swept handle
I have a CZ557 Ranger in 308 with a Vortex Crossfire 2 4-16x44 with a muzzle brake… it’s a heavy beast. Shoots very well though.Had a cz 557 in .308. Didn’t like the weight of the rifle or aesthetics. If/when I get another one it will be either the tikka roughtec ranch or a Mohawk 600. OR BOTH
Edit add:ruger scout gun also on the list.
I found that the Thompson Center Icon was a heavy beast too. Gorgeous rifle just a tank to carry.
I like the Tikka option.
A couple years back I picked up an old Remington 660 that mimics my first purchased-by-me centerfire hunting rifle that I had back in the 1970's. It's got a nice piece of walnut with a horridly worn and weathered varnish finish, an add-on recoil pad and goofy non-QD sling swivels...just like that long-ago 660 I never should have traded away. I've mounted a more-or-less period B&L scope on it in Burris rings on a Weaver base. Never had the optics on that long-ago one but had planned on adding them, so my current one is equipped the way I wanted that old one to be. 
It's not my most accurate .308, but it's still MOA capable with its favourite loads. About 7.5 pounds as shown in pic, it has a nice crisp light trigger, it's carefully bedded and it carries as nicely as any rifle I've ever owned, and better than most.
It's not quite perfect yet; it needs to have the bottom plastic upgraded to metal. And since I now live and hunt in much colder climes, I am thinking of cutting the stock down a half-inch or so. As it is, the recoil pad was installed without cutting the original stock, resulting in a LOP of a bit over 14 inches. That was okay for my gibbon arms back in sub-tropical SW Ontario, but here in Manitoba I am usually wearing a bunch more clothes and would likely enjoy a shorter LOP. Need to find a rear sight as well, just to complete the look.
It's not my most accurate .308, but it's still MOA capable with its favourite loads. About 7.5 pounds as shown in pic, it has a nice crisp light trigger, it's carefully bedded and it carries as nicely as any rifle I've ever owned, and better than most.
It's not quite perfect yet; it needs to have the bottom plastic upgraded to metal. And since I now live and hunt in much colder climes, I am thinking of cutting the stock down a half-inch or so. As it is, the recoil pad was installed without cutting the original stock, resulting in a LOP of a bit over 14 inches. That was okay for my gibbon arms back in sub-tropical SW Ontario, but here in Manitoba I am usually wearing a bunch more clothes and would likely enjoy a shorter LOP. Need to find a rear sight as well, just to complete the look.
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ive never handle or shot a rifle as 'cheap' as the Axis from Savage... that shot MOA with factorys and a schitty nikko scope!
they were one of the best budget bolt guns for Hunters- that ive ever seen.
now days i cannot find any, an when do, they are priced quite a bit higher.. used to be about $400aud here bare.
Im a big fan of the 308, im sure ive posted in here before!
my Partner now shoots a 308... Franchi.
Interestingly, in close to 60 years of hunting and shooting fullbore, I have sent tens of thousands of 308 bullet downrange, but I have never actually hunted with a rifle chambered in 308 Winchester!
It's easy to load for as far as accuracy goes and most certainly I have quite a few friends who use the 308 and love it even for moose and elk, I have 3 of them at the moment, but all are singe shot match rifles.
Not sure why, maybe because I always had rifles more suited for hunting.....
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It's easy to load for as far as accuracy goes and most certainly I have quite a few friends who use the 308 and love it even for moose and elk, I have 3 of them at the moment, but all are singe shot match rifles.
Not sure why, maybe because I always had rifles more suited for hunting.....
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