Thread: New to hunting, advice required :)

They aren't expensive, that's for sure. And I can see why some people aren't too keen as they have some plastic parts where other rifles have metal (magazine, bolt shroud, trigger guard) but this has never caused any problem for me and I don't recall hearing it being a problem for others mechanically.

I think the reason they are common now is because people have realised how accurate they are for the money, whilst with a lot of other brands you often have to spend a lot more money on bedding, triggers, accurising etc to achieve the same level of accuracy.

There are plenty of other great brands out there such as the ones gimp mentioned but with some of them it sometimes seems more to do with luck than good design/engineering whether you get an accurate one.

Half the fun is of course choosing a rifle that fits you and that you like aesthetically and then watching your groups tighten (or not) as you customise both it and your ammunition.

Good luck with which ever rifle you decide on and I'll be keen to see how you get on with the swede...I've been thinking of getting one for a while! :-)