what do you classify as a 'premium' hunting rifle?
- Thread starter Mr. Friendly
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I don't have any "ultra premium" hunting rifles, but I think I just went through the same thought process as you in choosing a firearm. I wanted a. handling (had to fit me), b. durability, c. lightweight d. accuracy. I looked at the Kimber 84L and thought it was the one, I loved the handling but I thought the stock was to hard, possibly brittle. I liked the tikka T3 lite but it didn't seem to fit right. Then I picked up new X bolt stainless stalker and loved everything about it. So I think what you do is, spend the time to find and handle all the ones you think meet the list of priorities you've chosen, then pick the one you like most.
Oh and I forgot about the trigger, not sure where it would fall in that list of priorities but all three of the rifles noted above were pretty good. Tried an axis just cause...awful trigger...maybe as bad as my 858.
Oh and I forgot about the trigger, not sure where it would fall in that list of priorities but all three of the rifles noted above were pretty good. Tried an axis just cause...awful trigger...maybe as bad as my 858.
Seriously? Brittle?
I know they are not, but it's just an adjective, and a pretty accurate one at that. I would have described it as "stiff" and "rough" feeling. No give to it like many of the tupperware jobbies that so many have become accustomed to. I get it completely. If you feel a Browning XBolt and a Sako Finnlight, both of which have "tacky/grippy" feeling stocks, and then handle a Kimber, it would seem 180degrees different.
Yes, I used that term quite literally. I know that stock is made of top notch materials but how thick is it through the flat sides of the butt end. They feel thin, like putting a hole in it by say dropping it on a sharp piece of BC rock would be very easily accomplished. Like a cheap fiberglass boat hull.
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well, I believe I found the rifle I'm going to buy...
...I'll let you know the details once purchase has been confirmed. ;-)
...I'll let you know the details once purchase has been confirmed. ;-)
That is what "premium" feels like.
How exactly? It it somehow more accurate? Sounds like Kimber is plagued with accuracy issues (not saying they aren't turning out perfectly acceptable accuracy levels for sub six pound hunting rifles. But come on, what exactly is it that this stock design is doing for enhanced performance, putting it in the "premium" class?
Ok....I'll continue to take the grippy, durable feeling stocks for hunting rifles.
Fwiw, I like the rigid feel of fiberglass and aluminum in target stocks...where having a stiff stock actually counts.
Yeah...no.
Thats really funny because if you go have a look at the accuracy challenge in this forum it is dominated by the lowly working class rifles of all the common manufacturers. The only premium rifle there is a cooper.
Maybe because the only good use for cheap rifles is bench paper punching at 100 yards from bags and sleds? Real life accuracy is way more affected by how you can shoulder the rifle itself without supports all around it. The experience from premium rifle that fits you is way beyond savage axis despite "all weather durable plastic". Just a thought.
