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I am looking to get a rifle this summer, a heavy barrel 243. I would like to see a Browning A-bolt M1000 Eclipse in that caliber but it's not made .

I need help on what to buy, so far I have looked at a few.

Howa 1500 varmint supreme series

Remington 700 VLS and SPS varmint

Any others out there?

ruger

I'd go VLS if planning to use the factory stock, SPS-V if you are going to re-stock down the road. I put one in a McMillan a few months ago and it shoots well. Throating is favorable as well.

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Just FYI...

Ditto.

If you bought a Howa barreled action(no stock)then you would have no choice but to order that McMillan -grin-.

I would be happy with either one of the Remington models.

VLS is good to go right out of the box. I have one that will shoot less than MOA with anything you but down the barrel. AND, you should be able to find one for less than $700.

I am pleased to see good words for the 700's. I have looked at the Ruger's and the the Savage 12 series, still unsure if I like them or not. I have thought of the Howa for a while as my father owns three with standard barrels and all shoot very very well. I am leaning towards the SPS-V and restocking, I would buy the VLS at a moments notice if that laminated stock was a thumbhole and had a 13.75" LOP. I also for some reason like the 26" barrel on the 700's, sure it's not nessecary but I like it. I am an absolute sucker for a nice laminate thumbhole and a heavy barrel. I was lookin' around today and came across the HS-Precision PST082 stock, I think I may end up with the SPS-V and that togeather. This would be me first synthetic stocked rifle, like I said a sucker for laminates.



Any more info and opinions would be much appreciated.

I feel stupid asking this as I don't know much about it, what is throating?

Throating deals with how far the actual barrel rifling starts ahead of the case mouth. For instance, if a rifle has an extremely short throat, the bullets will need to be seated further into the case. A cartridge with a bullet loaded out long would not chamber in that rifle because the bullet would be ramming into the rifling as you try to close the bolt. On the other side of the coin, a long throat would mean that the rifling begins far out ahead of the case mouth and the bullets may have a substantial "jump" before they actually engage the rifling. Most folks feel that this is not generally conducive to good accuracy. What you are looking for is a throat length that will allow you to run the bullets you like at a length that will fit in your magazine while still being capable of engaging the lands (rifling) or at least getting close to engagement. Remington's typical M 700 243Win throats are pretty flexible.

Thanks for the info, I never really looked into it because I never had a problem with it. The sad part about this is I didn't know much about this and I do reaload quite often. If I understand correctly throating is a big help but not always needed. If you don't do alot of hand loading or if you can't find the right factory ammo that works well in that barrel throating would be a plus.

Savage.

If you don't shoot .4" for five shots, I will be suprised.

Keep an eye on gunbroker.com and you'll see Sako l579s go by for reasonable money. They shoot OK.

Anyone got a pic of that Sako

Savage built a model 12BVSS in 243 up to a couple of years ago. I have one and it is a tack driver. Might get lucky and find one on gun broker or the likes.
dan

Rem700 "VS" .243rem barreled action in a PSS stock ... Leupy 3.5-10x40 w/ M1 elev. turret in talley lightweight rings ...



it works, and then some ...

NICE!

Looks like a large hole in that animal....and some people think a .243 is weak.