Forum shooting challenge: The under 500 500

[Tussock]

What the hang are you roping me into ?




I’m buying what ? And shooting what ?

Can I use a Sako ?

You can use a Sako if you can get one for less than $500 with optics Ask my wife. I am literally sitting here laughing as I picture you and @Kiwi Greg looking down the barrel of a $400 rifle. Greg might throw up in his mouth a bit and need to go and lie in a pile of 32" premium grade truck axles recover

This is the idea though, so I hope you guys have a go. Get the guys with experience to do what the newbies have to. If it goes well there should be a pile of respectable rifles for all those guys looking for their first bang stick.

All going well it will be a list of tricks to teach old dogs new tricks.

As I read it a $500 rifle including the scope is a pretty big ask for the task described

This is because, as @Rich007 stated, you can only imagine 22 points I would say the record holder will sit in the mid to low teens for a while.

How about a rifle and scope bought for that price in 1974?

Can't see why not, but if its obviously too flash we will take the piss. I'm curious to know what $500 bought you in 1974?
@scotty has a point.

maybe the emphasis should be on purchase.....
i mean what say you had a scoped tackdriver handed down to you .....you could spend $499 on i dunno fluffy dice.
e.g . i have an 8mm that cost me nothing so i could put a half decent scope on it and still come in under budget but thats not fair