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Barrel must be stamped 270 Winchester.
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It's funny that no one has talked about rifle fit. But I guess it's rare that you would find an off the rack rifle that fits, so it is something that has to be corrected later...that is, if the rest of the rifle suits you.
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When I read the list my first thought was what I called overall comfort in handling, carrying and aiming. In other words, how the stock and rifle fit me.
New 2 99's , Wyo and BC 30Cal and others of us are expressing variants of this, I think. That comfort/fit would be my # 2, crowding close to my number 1, which would be action.
Smooth, balanced, natural -- and when the stock comes to shoulder the sights are in line with my eye on the target. I've only owned one rifle that had all of those things but once I pick the action, I'm looking for as close as possible to that kind of fit.
I'm talking about a hunting rifle, of course.
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Fir me it's the action first, cartridge second, unless of course it's stamped 270 Winchester . Unless I plan on rebarreling that is deal breaker ! I am a single shot looney as far as hunting rifles go , I adjust stocks to fit me, and as far as irons go those ate in the fore front , but I can live with a scope mounted rifle Cat
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scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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I am still waiting on a 7.62x54r barrel for a Pro Hunter. It should be here very soon.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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I'm going with stock fit ! The human body is adjustable. Probably more important for a shotgun or a jump-shoot rifle. Price and accuracy for me. I don't have any beauty queens (well, two of them were, once!) , but they shoot- and were relatively inexpensive. I just wanna kill and eat things. Giterdone!
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I'm going with stock fit ! The human body is adjustable. Probably more important for a shotgun or a jump-shoot rifle. Price and accuracy for me. I don't have any beauty queens (well, two of them were, once!) , but they shoot- and were relatively inexpensive. I just wanna kill and eat things. Giterdone! This makes sense. I think it's fair to say that most off the rack rifles need to be tweaked in order to work their best. For the majority of rifle buyers, I wonder how many get rejected because of fit versus the sticker price? Put another way, is fit so important that price is secondary? ex. I wanted to build a 6x45, so this 223 Axis morphed into what you see. When I check out rifles these days, most are polymer stocked and made for the company mannequin "Mr. Average". I almost always end up modifying or replacing the stock to get what I want. I rarely care who made it because it isn't going to be the maker's rifle by the time I'm done. Consider the "Savage Axis" above. It started as an Axis, but it now has a new barrel, trigger, bolt handle and stock. The only thing that's Savage about this rifle is the receiver. I chose this because of the low price. I knew that most of it was being removed. So, is it a Savage, or a Frankenrifle? I call it a Frankenrifle. Mr. Mannequin
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Depends on the reason for acquiring a piece and how it might be put to use. A build project rifle might give priority to action type since weight, stock, barrel length are all variables over which some control can be exercised during the build. With a hunting blind rifle where shots might be made in more than one direction, a short barrel length might be the first concern. A varmint rifle for prairie dog shooting might put priority on a relatively long and heavy weight barrel.
Sometimes price and availability trump the other considerations....that was the case with my first center fire rifle: a "sporterized" 1891 Argentine Mauser. And also with my last two acquisitions: a .460 S&W TC Encore barrel( MGM barrels were not available last fall) and a Ruger American 6.5 Creedmoor (sale priced comparably with a new TC Encore stainless barrel!).
Looking back, action type has typically been my first consideration followed by price. Bolt, falling block, kipplauf. Then size of gun kitty when something was available. The other five aspects are generally a wash. I did pick up a short barreled synthetic stocked bolt carbine based solely on weight once when afflicted with tennis elbow and handling an 8+lb piece was painful.
Rifle attribute priorities have also varied over time for me as I learn more about how these attributes impact accuracy, shootability, portability, and evolution of general rifle loonieness.
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Trigger…it makes the thing go boom when you want it to go boom. I don’t consider it to be part of the action.
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This rifle went afield once and managed to take a whitetail. I held onto it while it worked its magic. It's a single shot with a laminated stock. 6.5 Grendel. Heavy, at 10 lb, but I like it. It's heavy because I replaced the plastic OEM stock with a laminated one. Like you, I don't worry too much about weight. Next to action type, I am most concerned with the stock material. You have to be able to beat a rock headed liberal with it and not have it break. Then shoot some more and not have it lose its zero. I consider beating rock headed liberals with my rifle secondary to using a aluminum baseball bat. I finally came to the conclusion that endurance is more important than that satisfying sound wood makes when it hits something solid.
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