Thread: X-Bolt, A-Bolt, Sako A7 or Tikka T3.

Originally Posted by will16

Am looking at purchasing another rifle. What is the best rifle around the $1600 mark, have heard alot of different opinions from rifle dealers but am after some good practical advice from the forum.

Cheers.

Hey mate its been slow in the shop so i took the opertunity to bring all these rifles to the shoulder hers my two cents. I first took the ultimate shadow of the wall in 7mm08 good weight but the recoil pad sometimes get caught on my shirt but still comes into the shoulder well seems well balanced.A7 is nice but the stock is tinny but its still a sako!.A bolt in 7mm08 came into my shoulder really well and the palm swell on the pistol grip fit my hand really nicely and its a nice finnish.Tikka t3 is the lightest and other than no palm swell came into the shoulder the easyist IMO.If i was weighing up buying one of the rifles just mentioned for myself id be going with the abolt for the stock but thats how i made my mind up by trying them out myself............however my budget brought me a ultimate shadow hope that helps a bit ,get into the shops and give them all a whirl dont worry about the shop owners gert them to pull every one of the rack for you.