Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles poll: highest quality *out of the box* rifle currently in production for $1000/less

I'm not a fan, but to be fair, I've not seen an A-Bolt nor X-Bolt that didn't shoot lights out.

Cabelas has 5 or 6 scratch n dent howas in 6.5 manbun in their used gun library. Most look to be new with minor handling scratches.

Have you tried GI? I seem to find more of what I’m looking for there than at the other place.

has anyone looked at the Sauer 100 ? Sweet looking rig to me. Have not heard much on them.

Do they have the same pinned barrel as the newer Mausers? They seem very similar. I had an m10 briefly. Very nicely made, especially the trigger.

I have liked Tikkas for many years and every one that I have, and have had, were excellent in respect to quality but I am really surprised that they have turned out to be such a favorite in this thread.

drover

I've seen an xbolt3 that shot like [bleep] until I bedded it. The xbolt3 doesn't come bedded like most other brownings. After bedding it shot as good as anything I've ever shot and better than most

I've seen an xbolt3 that shot like [bleep] until I bedded it. The xbolt3 doesn't come bedded like most other brownings. After bedding it shot as good as anything I've ever shot

I'm one more vote for the tikka as well! Maybe not the prettiest but the most usable. IME tikkas are less susceptible to environmental change than any other rifle under $1000. They have always gone bang and hit where I aim. They also have by far the highest quality machine work according to a few gunsmith friends.

Winchester 70 as currently made.

Ruger Predator. I really want one but I don't really need it. I still want it.

kwg

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A SS Carbon Mini or an SS Carbon 7-08 would melt my butter.

My SS Howa, purchased new last year, was in a black synthetic stock. I saw a handful of the same in 30-06 around the same time, but haven’t seen any since. Gunbroker is the only place I ‘saw’ them.[/quote]
I would love to find a stainless in 243 or 6.5 or 708 that isn't marked up to insane prices.[/quote]

Have you seen a stainless 7-08 at any price? I have my Creedmoor in an Alpine stock, but haven’t shot it. I’d rather have a 7-08:

Yep, I agree. The Weatherby Vanguard / Howa 1500 is hard to beat. Here's a few pics of my 1985 CMC Mountaineer .308. - it's an older Aussie version of the Howa 1500 / Weatherby Vanguard made for CMC (Commercial Marketing Company) by Howa in the 80's & 90's.

1885 Highwall

I assume you mean the Hawkeye Predator. The one I had, which now belongs to my son, is just about perfect. I floated the mag box and the barrel, but “just because”, not to address any problems. Stellar trigger. When I read about how rough the actions are on Rugers, I think about this one. I applied a bit of moly truck bearing grease to all the right places, and it’s slicker than snot on a doorknob.

When I gave my son the choice of several nice rifles, he took this one, having borrowed it for a cull hunt and putting it to work on a couple. Good choice, dammit!

You’re a bad influence

LOL

You must be a bit confused, Browning never made an xbolt3......nor did they make an A-Bolt III

Browning makes an X-Bolt and they make an AB3 (could mean abortion three but surely is not an A-Bolt)

Tikka T3x Superlite

That's some good looking lumber on your .308

Not necessarily, I swore that I would never own another Ruger rifle, but one of my buddies stuck me with a new Ruger American Predator in 204 Ruger. It has some awesome features for a budget rifle.......the stock is Tupperware like so many others these days but has a very good bedding system (night and day better than on my recent Tikka purchase). It has the Glock style trigger that I HATE, but I was able to get it to 30oz.......better than my new Tikka again. and I absolutely love the AI 10 round magazine, again much better than the Tikka magazine. for the icing on the cake it shoots better also.........never say never !!!!!!!!!!!