Hold out for a Tikka T3. Solid rifle and reputation. Quality action, trigger and barrel. I've had 3 (1 current) and they all shot/shoot superbly! You might be able to pick up a T3/scope combo at WSS too? Or Cabelas maybe too. They go on sale every once in a while, so maybe keep an eye out for it.
Budget mountain rifle
- Thread starter PatchRat
- Start date
seing your location you may be a little far from mountains .... but your right they do not move but they seem more bigger every year ...
lineofsight
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland, BC
Try a X-Bolt, put savings into reducing weight from other gear. Lusted after Kimber Montana, for marginal difference in weight put $600 in my pocket used for other gear. Also found that fairly light x-bolt 300WSM produces less felt recoil than heavier .30-06 I've shot.
arcticcathonda
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Alberta
270Win XTR Featherweight for 400$ turned into a bit of a love affair for me. It comes to shoulder more precisely than anything else I have owned and I really like the action. I had the trigger worked on a little bit prior to all of this cosmetic stuff so it was very crisp and clean on the break. I managed to get very lucky on a lightweight Wildcat Composites stock for it from a kind member on the EE, the stock was rough cosmetically with chipped paint and scratches but functioned fine for 100$
I ended up having the entire rifled action, bolt and Talley LW rings 60$ Cerakoted McMillan Grey. 100$ I then went ahead and had the stock hydro dipped in Kuiu Vias. 150$ I am sure its not everyone's taste, but then again, not everyone's rifle. Over the moon with it, and exactly what I had envisioned. Leupold Scope to top it off 300$
All in, a hair over 1000$ scoped.
I ended up having the entire rifled action, bolt and Talley LW rings 60$ Cerakoted McMillan Grey. 100$ I then went ahead and had the stock hydro dipped in Kuiu Vias. 150$ I am sure its not everyone's taste, but then again, not everyone's rifle. Over the moon with it, and exactly what I had envisioned. Leupold Scope to top it off 300$
All in, a hair over 1000$ scoped.
270Win XTR Featherweight for 400$ turned into a bit of a love affair for me. It comes to shoulder more precisely than anything else I have owned and I really like the action. I had the trigger worked on a little bit prior to all of this cosmetic stuff so it was very crisp and clean on the break. I managed to get very lucky on a lightweight Wildcat Composites stock for it from a kind member on the EE, the stock was rough cosmetically with chipped paint and scratches but functioned fine for 100$
I ended up having the entire rifled action, bolt and Talley LW rings 60$ Cerakoted McMillan Grey. 100$ I then went ahead and had the stock hydro dipped in Kuiu Vias. 150$ I am sure its not everyone's taste, but then again, not everyone's rifle. Over the moon with it, and exactly what I had envisioned. Leupold Scope to top it off 300$
All in, a hair over 1000$ scoped.
Nice build!
Nice looking rig! How does it shoot?
arcticcathonda
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Alberta
Anything inside 300m is certainly dead.... Right around 0.8"-1.2" at 100m as an average. Its a mountain rifle though and not a precision rifle, so I have set my expectations accordingly.
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
wonderful looking rig. well done
barry1974w
Regular
- Location
- Central B.C.
That's a very nice looking rifle. Good job on keeping your costs down
TrevorMack
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
What's your budget? You can get a new Remington 700 mountain ss for about a grand. Find used ones even cheaper. I am buying one in 7mm-08 very soon and going to see how light I can make it.
TrevorMack
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
270Win XTR Featherweight for 400$ turned into a bit of a love affair for me. It comes to shoulder more precisely than anything else I have owned and I really like the action. I had the trigger worked on a little bit prior to all of this cosmetic stuff so it was very crisp and clean on the break. I managed to get very lucky on a lightweight Wildcat Composites stock for it from a kind member on the EE, the stock was rough cosmetically with chipped paint and scratches but functioned fine for 100$
I ended up having the entire rifled action, bolt and Talley LW rings 60$ Cerakoted McMillan Grey. 100$ I then went ahead and had the stock hydro dipped in Kuiu Vias. 150$ I am sure its not everyone's taste, but then again, not everyone's rifle. Over the moon with it, and exactly what I had envisioned. Leupold Scope to top it off 300$
All in, a hair over 1000$ scoped.
Awesome that's all I got to say..
