My first Rifle... some advice please

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Hey all, got a Newbie question for you
i'm going to buy my first Bolt action, want to do target shooting 200-300 yards and i was thinking of a .308, maybe a Winchester or a Sako, what is the best rifle i should by for around $1000.oo, average scope included?:confused:

thanks for any advice:D
 
Get a Rem 700, there are tons of parts for it if you want to hot rod it down the road.

200-300 can be shot with any caliber...223 is fun, cheap, easy to shoot at 200-300 yards.
 
Also, there really is no need to spend that much (your scope is going to be pricey too, don't cheap out there). Take a look at the Stevens 200, made by Savage Arms, very accurate and can be customized into pretty impressive performance rigs. (Like see mysticplayer's 6.5 mystic).

The Stevens 200's are in the $300 range and can be had in a range of choice calibers (I like 7mm-08 :cool: ). Then spend $500 on your scope, and you're still under the budget of your rifle alone!
 
A 17 HMR is probably the most economical rifle to practise 100, 200 and even 300 yard shooting with. You can get a good heavy-barrel gun and a bushnell Elite scope for under a grand, and ammo is cheaper than any centerfire. Accuracy-wise, 17's commonly shoot sub-1/2" on calm days at 100.

I've always been a proponent that one's first rifle should always be a rimfire. You don't need to worry about recoil and shooter fatigue, and you can shoot huge volumes of ammo for cheap. There is no better way to gain shooting skill quickly than with massive quantities of rimfire. A .22 can easily reach out to 100 yards, it can even do 200 with a little skill (there used to be a 200 yard .22 benchrest discipline). And if you can put 22's on target at 200 in the wind you're golden.
 
I'd look at a .223 for that distance, and if you handload, will be able to reach much farther with a fast twist (1:9, 1:8) barrel. .223 is great to learn with in my opinion.

As for cheap, I got a used Savage 12FVSS in .223, put on an Elite 3200 10X40, harris bipod, and went shooting......say what you want about Savage, but you can shoot with them, and it was less than $1000.00 total.

I've now put in a lighter trigger, next step is a new stock, I agree with the comments in previous posts (look in the rest of forum) that the stock is not the best....that being said, with handloads I can usually hold 1 moa out to 800 yards so far. More my shooting than the firearm when I get the groups bigger.
 
Id get a heavy barrel Savage with a Bushnell 3200 10x40 mildot scope, in 223 remington, for a $1000 w/ scope package
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todbartell said:
Id get a heavy barrel Savage with a Bushnell 3200 10x40 mildot scope, in 223 remington, for a $1000 w/ scope package
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Todbartell, with a Savage?!? I think I might have to use this as my sigline ;)
 
Another Savage fan here... I just bought a 12FV in .223 Rem...

I'm thrilled. Even with the cheap stock! I have an accushot scope on it for now... and depending on the ammo I can get down to about 0.5" at 100m with factory loads...although it seems to like the more expensive factory loads to perform that well! Even the cheaper stuff like Remington UMC or Winchester USA ammo comes in under an inch.

Great rifles... great for beginners... I'm a huge fan
 
I'd like to echo Prosper's first post here. Spend your money on a really good .22, it will last several lifetimes and let you get more trigger time tan anything else.
 
Truthfully? It makes little difference. Stainless has slightly better corrosion resistance (but will still rust, it's not the same kind of stainless as your kitchenware, for example). Accuracy potential is debatable, but stainless is generally given a *slight* lead here.
 
Savage eh, good call. Stainless rigs cost a bit more than moly, I cheaped out and got a blued 12fv in .223 this year and wish I could find some time to play with it.
 
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