best all steel rifle?

whitetailwoodsarcher

whitetailwoodsarcher

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well I decided its time to get a new gun. its going to be my camp/brush gun that I will be taking up north camping and hunting. this its why I want it to be all steel and synthetic. example trigger guard, magwell, etc. I will be chopping the barrel to 18.5 inches and adding iron sights to it also. my budget is 600 to 800.
 
I'd look at the Winchester Model 70, with a synthetic stock & stainless barrel, its priced a little higher than what your price range is but it will last you forever.
 
zastavas are a hit and miss on accuracy,ive had three including one remington zastava ,all three r not with me,but have a friend who has one in 308 and it shoots pretty good. the acc rems r amazingly accurate out of the box,sold the pair i had and wish i didnt.
 
Lee Enfield No.5. If it doesn't already have an ATI synthetic stock that will add about $80 to the cost, but if you find one bubba already drilled and tapped and chopped the bayonet lug off, it will be well under your $600 budget and the barrel is already 18.5", it has good iron sights, metal trigger, trigger guard, magazine well, magazine (10 rounds!) The .303British will kill anything up north.
 
I just spent a little better than a hour researching these zastava rifles. I think they are quite interesting. I love that they come with open sights already. for 700 bucks is it a good deal. how does it compare to weatherby or savage for quality etc?
 
The Weatherby's are a tad on the heavy side.
Not a boner if you are going for the bigger powder burner's.

I wouldn't bypass the BLR's for quick and easy.
 
Homesteader said:
Or the 760/7600's.

Oops possible thread derail.
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I own a 760 in 30-06 with an 18.5" barrel and I love it. Good weight, accurate, good bushwhacking rifle. It also has the drop mag and comes with iron sights. you can pick one up for about $500 (on the higher end). You can also get a new 7600 carbine (18.5") synthetic stock for about $700.
 
Not to revive a dead thread, but the Rem 7600 is a hell of a brush gun. The Amish machine gun mounts naturally and handles like a champ. I scoped mine, so the monte carlo stock is perfect. If keeping iron sights, I would replace the butt with that of a 20ga 870 so I could see the iron sights with a straight comb.
 
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