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Out of those three I'd get the Tikka.
P yep nothing like a foreign built rifle, shooting a modified military cartridge. But tikka wasn't a choice, from the OP! Ruger would be the choice!
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Out of those three I'd get the Tikka.
P yep nothing like a foreign built rifle, shooting a modified military cartridge. But tikka wasn't a choice, from the OP! Ruger would be the choice! Are you sure Tikka wasn't a choice? P
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I like Rugers, but really like Steyrs. Got 3, still have 2 of them, 260 Rem and 308 Win. Only reason I don't have 3 is I no longer needed the 376 Steyr. There's a Stainless SBS in the classifieds in 25-06.
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i regret not buying a Steyr in 280 when they were still available on GB last year...
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the steyr fit/finish leaves the 'merican rifles in the dust ... stock is a little floppy though.
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And a floppy stock sinks the whole ship.
Get a stainless Ruger and be done with it. For life.
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My Ruger All Weather was my first 280. That was 2003. I have been through 20 different 280's since. It is my toughest battleship grade rifle. You would scarce believe what that rifle has endured and continued to hold zero.
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OK, I have it narrowed down to three for an out-of-the-box shooter i can take into any hunting weather and expect dead-nuts reliability and performance:
Savage Weather Warrior,
Steyr Pro Hunter, or
Ruger Synthetic Hawkeye.
Expectation is I have nothing to do to this rifle except scope it with a Leupold 6x36 and load it up with factory partitions...
Cartridge choices are 25-05, 30-06, or 270. I am leaning towards the 25-06... ............If there are no real budget concerns, I'd be looking very seriously at the Win M/70 Extreme SS for your application. Dead nuts reliability, performance and as accurate as you are going to get in any weather.
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Get whichever one in .30-06. In foul weather I want a bigger hole leaking more blood if the animal runs off. .25-06 doesn't always leave a good blood trail.
Personally I would include a T3 Lite SS. Awesome well thought out statement.
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Were it me I'd go Savage or Ruger with the aforementioned Leupold mounted on it. Any of those 3 cartridges (25-06, 270, 30-06) would float my boat but I'd also lean toward the 25-06 or 30-06, mainly because I already have dies, bullets, etc. for both.
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