Thread: Hunting Rifle

Originally Posted by Dicko

Don’t buy an old Mauser, old Sako etc that needs work until you have the bug bad. Get a modern reliable rifle and use it. Range and field. Modern, proven, not bubba’d up ie later model tikka, Sako, Remington, Vergara, Winchester etc


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This ^ and it applies even if a Mauser or Husky doesn't need work. I've got a bunch of genuine Mauser 98 sporters of various flavors collected over 25 years or so. There's no way I'd direct a new shooter in the "old classic" direction, a Tikka, Bergara or Howa is a better bet in every way.

As for people who suggest things like BSA "Hunters", Winny pre 64s and the like, that just shows how little they have thought for themselves as they along with things like Ruger M77s and Kimber 84 are not true copies of the famous Mauser extractor, they are very poor derivatives.