I got a savage axis in 308. If I had to to do it over, I would have spent the extra 150-200$ for the Accutrigger. The recoil and the stiff triggering makes for shooting that is not real accurate.
The Savage 11 Hog Hunter.
.308, factory threaded heavy barrel, accutrigger, and only ~$450.
$427 at Buds
Then get you a better stock:
B&C A2 $215
What is the difference between a Savage Model 10 and Model 11?
In my opinion, don't go out-of-the-box.
Get the cheapest Remington 700 Skinny barrel beater in .308 or .243 you can find and throw the barrel away. Go have Steve Baldwin in Mechanical Accuracy (Jones, OK) blueprint the action and barrel it in .308 with one of his Hart barrels in whatever profile / thread-pattern you want (he does fluting too - and his prices on Hart Barrels are impossible to beat).
Get a decent base on it and put it in a B&C Medalist stock with the aluminum bedding block and you're set.
If you want bottom-metal on the cheap, check out PTG's bottom metal setup. Ruger's Gunsite Scout rifle is using Accuracy International's magazine setup, so you can get mags on the cheap as well (if you wan the uber-cheap plastic mags, you have to modify them so that the Remington bolt will strip a round off the top reliably).
Hit up Palmetto State Armory for some Federal American Eagle 168gr M1A 7.62 NATO Open Tip Match ammo (for $.83/round - I honestly can't tell the difference in this and the Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr Sierra MatchKing BTHP when shooting out of either of my rigs).
You can get into reliable long-range shooting for cheap now days - we have way more options that we used to.
What kind of money are we talking when you say blueprinting and rebarreling? .
What kind of money are we talking when you say blueprinting and rebarreling? ballpark I've only ever sent one rifle (M1 Garand)off to have pros do their thing, and I know it wasn't cheap.
Having a rifle built to my exact specifications is always the ideal way to go (and I've done it multiple times), but with so many great out of the box options these days it MIGHT not be the best way financially? But that's why I started this thread, I don't know for sure and all I know is that when I think custom work, I think $$$$.
What kind of money are we talking when you say blueprinting and rebarreling? ballpark I've only ever sent one rifle (M1 Garand)off to have pros do their thing, and I know it wasn't cheap.
Having a rifle built to my exact specifications is always the ideal way to go (and I've done it multiple times), but with so many great out of the box options these days it MIGHT not be the best way financially? But that's why I started this thread, I don't know for sure and all I know is that when I think custom work, I think $$$$.
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