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Nice but I don't like 270's Cheers though.
My Tikka 223!! And you can own it!!
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what calibres are you specifically after and why do you want to buy a basically brand new rifle as opposed to a 2nd hand one?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...1408886138.htm - bloody good rifle and an ok scope
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...1404875208.htm - best combo i have found for near your price. Solid scope and quality supp. From a shop so can buy with more confidence
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...1409323961.htm - get the rifle cheap and buy some good rings and a scope.
The Savage Axis is really a price range down, sub-$800 and often as low as $600.
The Savage 'trophy hunter' are usually around $1k as a package deal with Weaver scope, and much better than the Axis. Would be my pick for best value I think.
Howa from your list or the marlin is good too. if you have the knowledge or someone to help the go second hand.
Howa 1500, but im biased, ive got one in 7-08......
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Howa 6.5 Grendel, isn't this where it all started?
Perfect time to buy this.
270s are totally unfashionable but, as @Mooseman will confirm, they still perform bloody well.
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
Yeah it did mate. I spent a bit of the weekend going round the local sports shops here in Central, no body stocks a Creedmore let alone a Grendel. Ammo is going to be a pain in the arse and I was told that no one would be interested in a Trade in later on as it was to odd ball and would sit on their shelves for years. All of which is is a fair and good point.
Both shops felt a 223 was to light as some of the across gully shots down here are pretty big sometimes.
So the old fav's were talked about.
308 / 7.08 / maybe 6.5 x 55 etc.
I want to drop a deer, maybe a Thar in the future, rattle some gongs and try some longer range stuff and maybe on very odd occasions vaporise a rabbit.
So now my thread ( should have used the old one ) has moved not only to what make of rifle but also calibre . I have a 1k for the rifle, then will get it suppressed, scoped etc.
I really can't make my mind up over 308 , 7.08 , seems like it's really just splitting hairs.
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