Those with 10 years or more hunting under their belts, your favorite off the shelf...

What is your favorite hunting rifle manufacturer?

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Savage - mostly for the 99 :) , otherwise Marlin for GG if you are looking for something still in production. Both my '99 in .300 Savage and my GG see way more use than any of my bolt guns.
 
Ardent said:
Good question, I agree actually with regards to the heavy, relatively simple nature of a lot of the Ruger product line, and must say I like that. I do tend to lean towards the high end of the Ruger line, my favorites being the Gold Label as you mentioned, the RSM, and the No.1. I certainly wouldn't call Ruger middle of the road or boring though, mind you, unless one is purchasing one of their middle of the road, boring guns, which certainly have a market but I don't buy in to. I see their offerings in interesting, rare calbers and models for one as negating any 'boring' being attached with them. In the last handful of years I've owned Rugers in .257 Roberts, 7x57 (in standard, and Boddington editions with high end wood and special finish), .218 Bee, .375 H&H, and on. They support, and cause to thrive, a lot of very unique, and special calibers forgotten by other makers, just recently doing the Ruger No.1A .303 and stainless steel Mannlicher/fullwood walnut M77 Mark II 7x57 as well. Pretty good for a straight up American operation, and for me at least exciting and definitely pulls them out of the middle of the road. Mind you, as mentioned, I tend to avoid the middle of the road products of any manufacturer. I'm not wealthy, but I like nice guns, so I stay out of gorgeous customs and dabble in the sweet end of production, Ruger seems to do that best for me and my style of hunting.
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I am abit bias probably because I own a few of their handguns and more basic rifles. It would be nice if they expanded their Gold label type guns.
 
marshmanager said:
i have owned a lot of them on the list but for all their ugliness i like the accuracy of the savage. But i do lean unnaturally twords the ugly...please dont tell my wife she thinks shes pretty :) i just bought a browning a bolt medallion in 280 and have a standing order for the new weatherby S2 stainless in 300wthby when they hit the market. im collecting a bunch of rifles just in case gatehouse invites me to BC hunting. my brother is too inconsistant with his invites....just saying clarke ontario turkeys for BC blackbears after all they are around every tree according to the shows on direct tvs outdoor channel.
marsh
30yrs experience
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so glad to see that TC was left off this list
 
Can't vote, as my personal favorite isn't on the list. I have a whole stable of Cooey 71's that are my go-to guns for everything I hunt. I own guns from most of the manufacturers on the list, but prefer my old-timers.
 
Sako and Tikka should not be joined...compare a Sako A7 to a Tikka M55/65 and you'll see what I mean...it skews the outcome of the poll.....therefore,..I was forced to vote Winchester...:D..even though I have probably spent more time afield with a Rem 700....;)..now you're really confused,......if ya can't keep 'em interested,..keep 'em guessing.
 
I have 6 Sako rifles, but no Tikkas. they are in a different class IMHO.
My next most favourite manufacturer is Anschutz ( 4) . Then Brno.
Ruger #1's are Ok, ( I have 3) but generally European quality trumps North American mass market economy every time for me.
 
Ruger for me as well. I've a few a bunch of them, and the funny thing is I dont own one at the moment.'..

I wanted an ultra light rifle and sold my Ruger to get a Remington Alaskan in the same caliber, .300 WSM.
 
I just can't vote. I love them all, even the ones I hate. But I am sure impressed lately with how Winchester has revived thier great name. If they only made all those Miroku lever guns in America instead of Japan.
 
I voted, but all the popular brands are pretty decent. About the only one that let me down, was an accuracy problem, and having bought the gun used, I have no idea what its history was. A lot of it is personal taste, priority of features, and not whether it prints a tighter group than the other.
 
"Off the shelf" rifle? For sure my Tika.

It is the only hunting rifle I have ever owned that required zero farting around with to get it just right.


Everything else Ruger, Remington, Winchester, Marlin, Mauser 98 variants,,etc,,,,all needed something done, like triggers, bedding, new bbl, scope bases crooked, yada, yada yada


I have bad luck with rifles, I seem to get the worst ones. Even the good ones need something because I am a picky #####.



Picked up 2 New Remington's today, if they weren't for projects, both would have needed triggers adjusted before being ready to hunt with at the very least.
 
Ruger, simplicity, solid construction, excellent scope mounting system, and i have never had one that wouldn't shoot good enough for 300 yd hunting.

I own more remingtons than rugers at the moment, but i own remingtons for the aftermarket support, my rugers are just good, no bull####, hunting guns.
 
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