3K$-4K$ Precision Rifle?

To get to the matter at hand: I'd like to get my hands on a cal. .308 precision rifle in the $3000 to $4000 range, preferably of European make that's great without customization.
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TRG 22. Period. If you do any amount of research on your own, you'd quickly come to the realization that the Sako is one of the highest quality, most accurate factory rifles on the market. Great resale value as well.

Eventually, you may wish to look at customization though it's not a consideration now. When you get tired of .308 Win., you can chamber the TRG 22 with an aftermarket barrel and calibre of your choice when you feel the time is right.

I'm sure someone would be willing to sell you one for $4,000 if you truly felt the need to spend that amount. By the time you buy a quality scope base, rings, and glass, you're well over a $4G investment. And then theres's ammo to consider...and the list goes on.
 
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I'm sure someone would be willing to sell you one for $4,000 if you truly felt the need to spend that amount. By the time you buy a quality scope base, rings, and glass, you're well over a $4G investment. And then theres's ammo to consider...and the list goes on.
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There's the truth.

My Accurracy International .338 LM dips into the ol' piggy for roughly $5.50 /round if I buy factory loads.

Do the math on moderate shooting with a larger caliber.

20 rnds per weekend x 4 weekends /month = 80 rnds /month

80 rnds /month x 12 months /year = 960 rnds /year
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At $5.50 /rnd factory, thats $5,280.00 /year for bullets alone. 5 years of shooting (not including barrel changes) would be a ridiculous $29,040.00. In short, one can ill afford NOT to reload. So after buying myself $1000.00 of reloading kit to roll my own loads, my cost per round has dropped to just north of $1.08 /rnd. THAT figure I can live with.

Also, with large cal, you need to figure in a more frequent replacement of your barrels.

I can't speak as to what this is like with the Sako.

With the AI, the big deal is that it is a "weapon system". The barrels are end user swappable, as are the bolts.

I'll post a video that clarifies exactly what this means if you care to watch, but my real point is that the previous posters are exactly correct, brand affinities aside...

Whatever you buy, you will still need to scope it with good glass (relatively cheap one time cap ex) and feed it (expensive, ongoing cost).


Cheers
 
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Voere of Austria makes a nice semi-auto 2185, but I am really not sure if they will sell thier police marksman variant to civilains? Sirkis the Israeli arms designer, helped them design this.
I mention this because European rifle/rifle parts, even as a semi-automatic(tactical?), may not require an export licence, unlike one country we all know of....
(Please, I am not being purposely disrespectful here)

I have the hunter variant of this rifle,(2185) and every email from Voere out of Kuftstien, is some kind of mysterious communication. Maybe its a language translation barrier, maybe its paranoia, maybe its thier company policy?!?!

As far as bolt action semi-custom, there are so many really good options.
With availability of parts and knowledge something on a good 700 Remington police/varmint/etc would be a great start.
Boring yes, but my opinion anyways....
 
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Very good post you have started here lots of great advice by everyone,
Since your not going to go custom, which for me is the best way but not cheep.
I think you should look at the Remington XCR Tactical in .223 or .308 also available in 300win mag, You will get a stainless, fluted barrel, new type adjustable trigger and a B&C composite stock. take a look here
http://www.remington.com/products/f...del_700/model_700_XCR_tactical_long_range.asp

I have this set up and with reloading you will be able to get sub 1/2' groups
I have a Nightforce 8by 32 56mm 2DD Reticale and if you ever want to get out of this kind of rig you would be able to sell it in a heart beat and not loose any moneys, the euro guns a lot of guys shy away from no service in a lot of cases and no upgrades available.
I did some searching before I bought scope and from being at Connaught Ranges talking with many Fclass shooters from all around North America they advised Nightforce over Leupold because the Leupolds often did not respond to contant adjustments which is a must at longrange shooting.
Don't get me wrong on Leupolds I use them on all my hunting guns love them.
Good luck with what ever road you take !!
 
While some elitist bolt types poo poo semi's I like the feel of having another round ready to go in case some unforeseen action prevents that first round from finding its target.I own lots of bolt guns too but favour semi's .
 
This thread seems to have been resurrected!

BTW, a happy New Year to all. Let me preface with the fact that I dont feel I have to spend 4000$ - I was just giving a budget to narrow down the possible choices.

The TRG seems solid from what I'm being told here and if it's below my budget - so be it. Maybe I can invest in some higher quality optics, if necessary, or something else.

sprint, I appreciate that cost analysis - but I understand that the .338LM is considerably more expensive than .308 Win.; someone correct me if I'm wrong. Interesting though how factory loads over a year amount to roughly the price of your rifle!

manitou, I've seen that rifle in a store catalogue when I went shopping around a couple of weeks back already - the one thing I don't like is the non-adjustable stock. As I've mentioned, I'm not exactly average height/build (I'm not Quasimodo, but I'm pretty tall and my shoulders are wide enough to make my tailor a pretty penny when I buy suits).

That having been said, I like the adjustability of the TRG-22 and I'm getting some very positive feedback here (although canuckhunter's point is still floating in my head ;) )

Thanks for all the input, fellas.
 
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