I've got a Tikka T3 7mm Rem Mag and a VX6. Nothing too fancy but works for me. Regularly shoot 5-600 yards and sometimes further. All up would cost about $5k I guess.
@Philipo. You have traded up recently?
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
Have rolls royce taste on morris minor budget sadly. Especially from this Friday for a bit.
Registration has been helpful as means it has curbed my desire to buy anything new.
For hunting I make do with a Tikka in........................308 / Leupold scope and a Montanna 300WSM also Leupold scope.
For the amount of deer I shoot both work fine as its the closer the better. Need to practice more.
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Currently I have a 4k thermal sitting on an $800 rifle. It's a learning curve but I'm getting there. Does that count.
Quite a few years ago I had, what was at the time, quite an expensive Mt bike. People would say to me "You could buy a car for that". Will that was true, but I didnt want a f#%king car, I wanted a good Mt Bike. Same goes for anything you buy. It's your money and you prioritise where you spend it.
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
I've got a custom built remmy in a carbon fiber stock, with flash trigger and bits. Owes me well over 5k before you start looking at scopes and rings.
Lovely rifle that shoots fucking mint.
Don't hunt fuck all with it though, my kimber that I bought off here for 1100 bucks, topped with an older vx3 that I bought off here for 550 bucks, with an old second hand muzzle forward dpt does all the killing.
Well a few years back I felt a need for a rifle that would out shoot me, I already had some reloading gear from Dad for his lever gun and his nice bolt rifle was left handed due to an eye injury so no Good to me. Caliber was sorted.
Went to Barnard for an SM repeating action, trueflite for a fast twist barrel, Hardy for silencer and Boyds for a thumb hole stock and Nikon Monarch III 3-16scope on 1"tube.
Today I would look at the At-One boyds's stock and a better Scope but it was what could get and afford.
Wanted it as a day walk carry rifle for hunting Bush edges on farm land, mostly prone or over a rest/side of a tree and range target shooting weapon.
now I hardly use it as its too easy compared to my medium bore lever gun that's away's challanging my technique.
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I’ve only ever bought two new rifles. A 270 Rem model 7 from reloaders 20 odd years ago, and 8 or 9 years ago a Steyr Scout.
I love it, and have no desire for another “main” hunting rifle. Can’t see myself ever changing.
It’s a 308, I’ve knocked over a few animals in the 400M range, closest probably less than 10M.
I have a Swaro Z6 with illuminated recticle, and what I really rate is it has the rail mount, no rings.
It is bombproof. Had a few falls and good knocks as you do, it fell off the quad at 40 kph. Never had to re-zero. Check it from time to time, always bang on. I zero at 100.
Shoots 3/4 MOA all day, is short, light and has a built in bipod. Nice in the tight stuff, and seems enough for my self imposed max range of 450M
Weirdly for a short light rifle, it seems soft to shoot.
I’m not sure what it’s worth all up, certainly more than $5k but less than $10.
I've got a Sako 85 7mm-08 with a vx3i 3.5-10x40 CDS.
I bought it because the rifle became available at a very good price and I like nice rifles, not because it performs any better than the Remington 700 I had or the Tikka I could have bought cheaper. At some stage I'll upgrade the scope to get better optics, more zoom and better dials, but I already had the vx3i and it does the job for now.
My hunting rifle is my cheap one, tikka 284, 3-15 scope. Covers everything from close to 500 comfortably.
I recently sold a bunch of setups with too much overlap to fund a PR setup.
Bighorn tl3 action
Mdt chassis
Kahles k624i scope etc.
It was nice and easy to develop load for and force required to cycle bolt is a lot less than standard hunting setup so position is less disturbed which makes follow up shots under time pressure easier
A basic Sako Hunter 90, mounts and vx3/5 scope is now close to or greater than nz$5k.
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Blaser K95 6.5x65R and Swarovski scope
Big $s but good value really because such a good rifle / scope combo
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