Value/opinion of a Browning 30-06 Rifle?

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Leave the iron sights alone and learn to shoot with them before using a scoped rifle.
It sounds like you do not have the proper tools to remove the sights and risk damaging the screw heads or snapping them in the holes thus causing you more troubles.
Either sell it the way it sits or pay someone who has experience in doing such a task.
To me it sounds like you prefer your Savage over the far supior Browning A- bolt ...
If it where me, I would flog the Savage and put better bases and rings and a better scope and take it to the range sight it in with some 165 grn. Remington core locks and the Moos will be dieing next fall.
That's what I might do....
The rest is up to you.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
Thanks for the advice. It seems most people put the Browning in another class compared to the Savage. I just inquired about the sights, have not or most likely will not try to remove them on my own. I actually have more experience shooting iron sighted weapons than scoped ones as I've done some mandatory military service. By no means I am expert, would consider myself a novice, but do have some experience.

On another note. What is your opinion of the Backcountry Vanguard series 1 rifles? How do you guys think it compares in to this Browning a-bolt, in terms of reliability, craftsmanship and value?
 
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If it's on the EE, then the point is moot. In my experiences in hunting, back up irons are considered an asset ... We hunted very remote areas and there was always the possibility of getting stranded by a broken vehicle or a plane that couldn't return due to bad weather; iron sights never fail even if you take a tumble down a steep enbankment that trashes the scope and you may need the irons for survival. To each their own, but this would have been a better rifle than the savage. Having said that, it's been my experience that skill in hunting is of more importance than any brand of rifle.
 
I think he is making a mistake selling it, the A bolt is a far better rifle than his Savage, and to me comparable to Tikas and Sako's.
I'd use it exactly as he got it and not change anything. It seems though he just wants a stainless with synthetic stocked rifle.
 
Those see through scope rings are a-----well, I can think of a lot of things to call them, but a satisfactory sighting arrangement they are not!
They were created years ago, when scopes were just being promoted for the average, three shots a year hunter. No way were these hunters going to give up their iron sights for any new fangled glass thing, so a lot of them would only buy a scope if they could keep their iron sights as a back up.
if you are going to use iron sights, fine, but get rid of the awkward scope on top. If you are going to use a scope, then get it mounted down as close to the action as possible, so the shooters cheek can be held tight to the stock.
 
I appreciate the input from everyone, but for the type of hunting I do, this nice rifle will get destroyed. I mainly deer hunt and for the first week of the deer season I hunt with a group of older hunters and I am the pusher through very rough terrain. It also requires some boat riding in November in Georgian Bay which can get bumpy and wet. I have fallen and banged the Savage a number of times, it does have quite a few scratches already. It will be a shame to do the same to this nice Browning. That's why I decided that ultimately for me will be better to hold onto the Savage and sell the Browning. I am not in a position to own many rifles and the value of the Savage as proved in this thread is not very high.
 
I'd keep the Browning If it were mine if it's in great shape as things may change and you may like to replace it in the future but for substantially more money..
 
Well there ya go,....if you love something... set it free, lol. I would have kept the Browning and sold the Savage. IMO Brownings are far superior to the Savages. I have a Browning A-Bolt II BOSS Medallion 30-06, and it will be in my possession the day I die. If I could only keep one rifle, (God forbid), it would be my A-Bolt.

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nasko said:
I appreciate the input from everyone, but for the type of hunting I do, this nice rifle will get destroyed. I mainly deer hunt and for the first week of the deer season I hunt with a group of older hunters and I am the pusher through very rough terrain. It also requires some boat riding in November in Georgian Bay which can get bumpy and wet. I have fallen and banged the Savage a number of times, it does have quite a few scratches already. It will be a shame to do the same to this nice Browning. That's why I decided that ultimately for me will be better to hold onto the Savage and sell the Browning. I am not in a position to own many rifles and the value of the Savage as proved in this thread is not very high.
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This sounds sensible to me. Nothing wrong with a gun just because another one is better. Keep the one that serves your needs, and realize some return on your investment in the other.
 
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