Thread: $1600 what rifle would you buy?

Originally Posted by Wildman

Have a look under the fore end on those, dont they have huge gaping holes?

They fore end has fairly big slots/vents as part of the weight reduction yip. Wouldn't worry me personally but might not be everybodies cup of tea, we all like different things.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Personal taste I guess but if I was to inherit a passed-down rifle I think I'd prefer a 'grandad bought this new and its never been out of the family' rather than a 'grandad bought this second hand when it was already old'. Each to their own though, there are some nice older guns around as you say.

Well no hope for that in my family , my old man never bought anything new except food. He had a very good 4x4 in the shed but preferred to drive around in a Morris marina with a foxglove growing out of a rust hole in the front mudguard.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Start with a Savage Lightweight Hunter then, chuck a DPT can on and it will still weigh less than a bare T3 as well as being more interesting. Similar rep for accuracy too.

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I've got one in 223. Can't fault it really. The slots in the forend don't matter. Maybe they let a bit of crap in, but then they also let it out. Mine cost under $1,300 new.
Great trigger, and very accurate. To Savages credit its not rusting like a lot of American stuff does.
Maybe the detachable mag is a drawback 'cos I worry about losing it, but its not a major. I can't work out why people pay all that money for a "bush pig" (stupid damn name) conversion when they could just grab one of these off the shelf. One of these in one of the 308 case calibres would do most things the ordinary hunter requires. They are a real case of "know me before you judge me".

My bush guns a .303. bush is only 50m max visibility most times anyway.

After all that looking and discussing this is what i went with, seemed like a good deal, should be good for the boy too.
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ess-sale-7058/

You won't regret it.

Looks like u could shoot rabbits on ya back lawn undetected with that beast

Blaser R8....

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Blaser R8....

I spat my coke zero out my nose when i read that lol

Originally Posted by Malhunting

After all that looking and discussing this is what i went with, seemed like a good deal, should be good for the boy too.
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ess-sale-7058/

Good choice Malhunting dosnt matter how much you spend and a rem will ever let you down no matter what any muppet expurt says.

they sure are

Originally Posted by Spudattack

CZ 550, beautiful rifles!

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Good choice Malhunting dosnt matter how much you spend and a rem will ever let you down no matter what any muppet expurt says.

untill the bolt jams up so tight you need a fucking mallet to withdraw it.

Marlin 336 45/70 govt with 24 inch octagonal barrel

Originally Posted by Malhunting

Coming into some spending money soon so want to get a new rifle for the bush.
Thinking x bolt, winchester or remington i am hoping for a bit more than $1600 but thats an wait and see deal.
What else is worth considering for that money, i have a Remmy 700sps in .300wsm which is a great shooter and very accurate and a tikka 22-243 and for shits i even brought a remington 770 second hand to chuck around the bush which is accurate after a bedding job and stock stiffening but is a mongrel thing to work the bolt on so whilst i will keep working on it i want to get something nice and new.
Cheers
Mal

Originally Posted by Konev

untill the bolt jams up so tight you need a fucking mallet to withdraw it.

but is that the rifle or the Muppet that loaded the ammo's fault

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Blaser R8....

Is that for a picture of one?