I "need" a budget .308 bolt gun!!! Help me.

[Libertarian01]

Budget...

Bolt....

7.62 x 51 Nato...

Answer: Lee Enfield #2A.

That's the best I can do. Of course I am a wee bit out of date.

Regards,

Doug

PS - Scopes are for weenies...IRON lives forever!

 

[rugertoter]

I can say from personal experience, that the Bushnell "Banner" Series of scope I have on a Remington in .30-06 has done just fine for me for the last two years. I think I spent around 80.00$ on it two years ago.

 

[dross]

Thompson Venture. Mueller Tac II Scope. For less than 700 bucks total you get a rig that performs like it cost twice as much.

 

[Yeah]

If I end up buying new, I'm thinking about ordering a lefty Remington 700 SPS Varmint and a Leupold VX-II 3-9x40 and mounts.

There are much better options at that price range than that particular Leupold. Leup'd scopes don't get good until you get to the *X-3 lines and up, and even then you have to be picky.

For example, SWFA's sample list has a 3.5-10x42 Sightron Big Sky @ $329, and it crushes the above VX-II. I have an inking it is better even than Leupold's 3.5-10 VX-3, and I'm trying to confirm that one way or the other by beating it up this spring bear season.

As for the rifle, consider the Howa 1500/Weatherby Vangaurd advice above.

 

[tyler34]

I was in the same boat awhile ago and decided on the 700 SPS tactical. fantastic accuracy out of the box even with the iffy but comfortable hogue stock. after new stock and glass it's hovering right around the $1000 mark.

 

[jayhawk]

^^^ That is nice looking.

I've been spending quite a bit of time looking at Nikon Monarch scopes. They seem to be pretty nice for the money.

I've looked at and handled as many rifles as I could in the $400-$800 range, and I really do like the idea of the SPS Tactical. For some reason I keep coming back to the 700. I'm still on the fence about whether I should go right or left handed (there is no lefty tactical model afaik unless I wanted to shell out for the LTR). Going left handed seriously limits the amount of available options, and it's not that easy to find aftermarket lefty stocks.

The problem I see with Weatherbys and many others is the cheek rest for righties wold probably annoy me.

 

[patience0830]

nikon

^^^ That is nice looking.

I've been spending quite a bit of time looking at Nikon Monarch scopes. They seem to be pretty nice for the money.
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Monarch's are good glass. Natchez shooters supply, SWFA samples list, Cameraland, Opticsplanet are options for a good deal. I've been impressed lately with the Bushnell 4200 and 6500 series scopes with the side focus and Rainguard coating. That stuff works. Sightron "Big Sky" scopes are very comparable to the Leupy III stuff.

 

[jayhawk]

So...

I ended up with a 700 LSS in .223. Not exactly a .308, but still a pretty sweet gun. It has a Burris 8x32 scope on it (which I might sell before too long) and a jewel trigger...picked it up for $900. Hopefully it shoots decent.

 

[sgreen3]

.223 with deffinatly get you out to a 100yrd+, nice rifle!

 

[tradertator]

I was in the same boat awhile ago and decided on the 700 SPS tactical. fantastic accuracy out of the box even with the iffy but comfortable hogue stock. after new stock and glass it's hovering right around the $1000 mark.

Our rifles look like twins.

 

[2cool9031]

Let's see ?? You want a bolt action rifle. You want it to have a powerful bullet.
You don't want to spend much money!!
Buy A Mosin !!!

 

[IndyGunner]

I'm a bleeding heart liberal so I can't own an "assault rifle", therefore I must stick to bolt actions.

 

[Wabatuckian]

I have an idea...

Finnish MN M39... chamber sleeve... modified extractor...

Practical? Probably. Competitively affordable? Probably not.

It'd be fun though!

And I am intoxicated on the internet. Just a couple tumblers of Jim Beam Black in my new bourbon-tasting hobby, CCR Gold on the turntable (yup, LP, folks!), guns put up, and giving advice.

I wonder if, one day, interneting while intoxicated will be a crime?

Josh

 

[jayhawk]

This is what I ended up with, hope it shoots.

 

[IndyGunner]

wtf is it and how much!? I want one!

 

[patience0830]

looks like. . . .

a stainless and laminate 700 to me. Nice gun. Hard to booger up and ought to shoot good. What scope did you get?

 

[jayhawk]

I'm not sure of the exact model. It's a Rem 700, 26" barrel .223, with a very light jewel trigger. The scope is a Burris Signature Select 8-32x44. I paid $900 for the gun/scope. I figure with the scope and trigger it's a pretty good deal.

I'm actually thinking about selling the scope and getting something a little different, but I'll have to shoot with it a few times first.

 

[SW911]

purdy gun. I like!

 

[BulkAmmo]

Congrats that's a fine 700 you have there.

I would say that you paid pretty much what it is worth given the condition and the scope included.

Make sure you give us an update once you take it out to the range.

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[rugertoter]

Thompson Venture. Mueller Tac II Scope. For less than 700 bucks total you get a rig that performs like it cost twice as much.

Yeah, the Venture is impressive. I think it gets its accuracy from that 5R rifling.