I been hunting with a M38 Swedish Mauser with iron sight, I feel I reached my limit with the Mauser, the gun is more accurate than I am, it's my eye sight isn't good enough. on last Sunday's morning hunt, I called out a coyote with Primos KI-YI, It won't get closer than 100m. the light condition wasn't good, my poor eye sight, the open sight and the grass field made it difficult to see the coyote, didn't want to injury the animal, so I didn't take the shot. after that hunt, I think I need a rifle with a scope. (It was interesting to see the coyote try to sneak up to the ducks in the pond...it might be searching for a bigger meal than rabbit)
I live in Southern Ontario, most situation I will be shooting 100m, at most 300m, Looking for something reliable and accurate within 300m (I think most gun should be accurate in that range...). caliber wise, I will go with 270win, so I can use the rifle for coyote, deer and black bear.
after some browsing on the internet, I find two rifle that fits my need, 1: Tikka T3 lite SS, 2: Thompson Center Pro hunter.
seems like Tikka has the most value in the bolt action section. the sub moa guarantee is a big attraction.
The TC pro hunter is unique, don't see many people using single shot. due to it's simple construction, I thought it must be more robust. The ability of changing barrel interests me. one down side is the barrel length, it's only available in 28 inches (from Cabelas' website), which in my opinion is too long and unnecessary. if I go with the TC, I will have to get a gunsmith chop off 5 inches from the barrel. I much prefer a rifle I can use right out of the box,
In your opinion which one is better? or there is a rifle better than these two ???? (within $1000 range, TC is over $1000 but getting another barrel would be cheaper than getting another rifle)
I live in Southern Ontario, most situation I will be shooting 100m, at most 300m, Looking for something reliable and accurate within 300m (I think most gun should be accurate in that range...). caliber wise, I will go with 270win, so I can use the rifle for coyote, deer and black bear.
after some browsing on the internet, I find two rifle that fits my need, 1: Tikka T3 lite SS, 2: Thompson Center Pro hunter.
seems like Tikka has the most value in the bolt action section. the sub moa guarantee is a big attraction.
The TC pro hunter is unique, don't see many people using single shot. due to it's simple construction, I thought it must be more robust. The ability of changing barrel interests me. one down side is the barrel length, it's only available in 28 inches (from Cabelas' website), which in my opinion is too long and unnecessary. if I go with the TC, I will have to get a gunsmith chop off 5 inches from the barrel. I much prefer a rifle I can use right out of the box,
In your opinion which one is better? or there is a rifle better than these two ???? (within $1000 range, TC is over $1000 but getting another barrel would be cheaper than getting another rifle)
