Which should I keep? MVP Varmint or American?

[tipper]

I'm having a hard time deciding which 223 I should sell? Both are mint with hardly any rounds down the tubes.
The MVP is a great bench rifle but too heavy to pack around the bush..
Both are too light for the wolf hunting I do so I need something a little bigger like a 243 or 7mm-08.
I hate having to sell my gems that I love!

 

[John Deer]

Keep them both. If you have to sell sounds like you're leaning to mvp

 

[Canadiankeeper]

a good sand bag can make any rifle a good bench rifle. Just saying.

American has 2 uses (bench and hunting) Varmint has 1 (bench)

If I had to sell one I would sell the one with less use...

 

[hoytcanon]

Neither... sell them both and buy a single better rifle... it's an option.

 

[nomad 68]

For what you would get for a used American you may as well keep it for a walking varminter. I plan on buying a lightweight .223 for that purpose because my .204 is a heavy bast*rd lol.

 

[kamlooky]

Never could see any purpose of a heavy barrel.
You want to shoot lots, git a machine gun.
Or take more shooters to the range.

 

[sigrunes]

Sell the MVP and keep the American , that's what I would do personally.

 

[Cleftwynd]

a good sand bag can make any rifle a good bench rifle. Just saying.

American has 2 uses (bench and hunting) Varmint has 1 (bench)

If I had to sell one I would sell the one with less use...

Good sand bags do not make any rifle a bench rifle.

I hunt a lot with 12lb and heavier rifles, walking, not from a stand. As do many others.

 

[Ar180shooter]

Sell them both and get a Winchester Model 70 in .243, or if the budget can bear, a Sako 85 of your desired model (I'd probably go Finnlight) in .243. Got to handle one of the Finnlights recently, and they're beautiful. It made me consider doing another purge of rifles I'm not using in order to upgrade...

 

[a j cave]

What do you use the 223 for? Do you hunt coyotes or rodents/ rabbits? Keep what you use and sell the other. A 260 will be a great wolf/deer gun.

 

[tipper]

Thanks everyone for the advice! Maybe I should just keep the American because it is multi purpose and I probably wouldn't get bugger all for it anyways.
I like target shooting with the 223 mainly. The wolves where I hunt are big and tough and the 223 just doesn't have enough power to drop them and long distance.
I'm not really interested in hunting coyote or rabbit etc.
Whatever 243 I get it will have to have a detachable mag.