[Lurker]

Savage Model 110. Great value and the best out of the box trigger on the market.

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[Magnum44]

The ‘hardware’ in a Remington 700 today may be the same as yester-year, but the polymer stocks are trash. If you get the 700 with the polymer stock, get a magpul hunter stock to replace it. The ones that come with the rifles actually twist as you hold them, inconsistently make contact with the barrel, and will not allow for consistent grouping. Not a barrel problem, but major stock issue.

[grobdriver]

Savage is a good buy in this category as well.

I have a Savage .308 plain jane (well, timney trigger) bolt deer gun, but a Remington 700 chassis gun for long range precision stuff.

[wardaddy]

Savage bolts are hard to beat for the money.....or the Ruger ...American I think

My son has a super cheap 22-250 Handie rifle

It’s an ok very cheap utility rifle but man whoever set trigger pull on such a great caliber for trajectory should be flogged

Trigger pull is crazy hard

[Born to Conserve]

I have a well used Savage Model 99 250-3000 takedown; it’s the one I reach for when I need to clean a gun.

[junta]

Weatherby snob here, and I just won’t associate with the ruffians and their proletarian choices in hunting rifles.

[CodeToad]

There are three words that triple the cost of anything:
Airplane
Boat
Sniper

[Towed_Jumper]

First, full disclosure here...I’m a blued steel and walnut stock rifle bigot. That being said, my daughter and I went elk hunting awhile back. I shot my elk with a Ruger M77 Hawkeye. She shot her elk with a (cheapo), Ruger American. Both rifles are chambered in .30-06 Sprg. Both elk became equally dead and are resting comfortably in our respective freezers.

[gundog]

Used hunting rifles are a bargain, generally. If I were to spend $1000 on a hunting rifle, I’d take a 60 - 70 year old Winchester over anything new.