most reliable all-weather rifle

Ardent said:
That'll be a sweet little combination, .250 Savage is a favourite of mine, .250 AI is supposed to be about as efficient as you can get in a small bore.
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Gonna have to get the bbl installed and am still waiting for the stock. Stock was ordered 6 months ago. :rolleyes:

No problem after that. :rockOn:
 
You might want to look at the Ruger "Gunsite" scout in .308. I carried mine for most of last year's deer hunt and it was comfortable. My alternate for really ugly days was a Mini 30 Ranch. Like you, I am lucky if I can see 100 yards, where I hunt. And under 100 yards the 7.62x39 is more than sufficient for deer.
 
Don't pull the bolt handle off the Rem 700, could happen if the action is iced up. Get a Ruger M77 stainless, you can't pull the bolt handle off one ;)
 
SuperCub said:
McMillan is running over 6 months behind. I ordered mine the first week in Dec. Still no word.

Still waffling between the std 250Savage and the AI. Better get that sorted soon.
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I was in the same boat, I bought both dies and the reamers for both and ended up building the plain version.... At least for now.:)
 
An impending move to the interior and therefore more frequent hunting opportunities inspired me to recently purchase two rifles for hunting. Considering that the weather will be cold and/or wet I looked for rifles that would IMO be good choices for such a climate and I chose a Remington XCR II in 30-06 and a Remington R5 in .308. The XCR II is, of course, a purpose built hunting rifle and is stainless with some black coating that Remington calls Trinite or something similar that is apparently the cat's posterior for weather resistance whereas the R5 isn't really a hunting rig but I figure I can carry it and that too is stainless so should be fine. Both rifles I've topped with Zeiss 3-9 scopes and both were zeroed yesterday - nice shooters (esp the R5) they should be meat providers and should do well in poor weather conditions.
 
You should handle my 7-08 again.
You don't see a lot of them but I have noticed a couple mountain lss come up in the EE since I bought mine.

I'd be very tempted to buy the new Remington s/s mountain rifle they have out now in a short action too.

Just another thought.
 
If I was to be looking for a small bore big game rifle, I would consider a .270 in a standard action length rifle and a .260 Remington in a short action. There is no shortage of suitable rifles to choose from, and almost any bolt gun that is afforded reasonable care will provide reliable service. A rifle is an outdoor tool after all, so keeping it serviceable condition is not difficult. But if your plans include leaving the rifle in the bottom of a boat with salt water sloshing over it, nothing manufactured will last very long.
 
I like a rifle with an easy to disassemble bolt. The firing pin of my Stevens 200 froze up while I was hunting muskox this spring. I got it broken loose with little fanfare but it's still a PITA. Never had that problem with a properly winterized M70 or Mauser.

IMO the "all weather" aspect of stainless and synthetic are overblown. The Old Man hunted with a custom BSA all over the Granisle country of BC and the rifle is still in beautiful condition, despite being blued and having an exhibition grade walnut stock. If I was hunting around salt water (say in and out of a boat for bears) then there would be an argument for stainless, but it wouldn't cause me to buy a new rifle.
 
No one I know abuses his equipment as bad as my #1 son (except maybe #2 son) and his Rem SPS stainless 300 RUM seems to be able to take it and keep on ticking. I would have to recommend this rifle highly, after seeing what he has done with and to it. It would seem to be impervious to rain, snow, -40, being dropped, riding in the truck box, rattling around in the back of an Argo for hundreds of miles. After all this for the past 5 years now, he comes to the range this past Sat and promptly whacks the 635 mtr clanger, which is less than 1 sq ft. It is truly and all weather and highly abuse resistant rifle, and all for under 700 bucks..........it also shoots 3/4 moa with his loads.........
 
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