Help hunting rifle for brother

[arthurj]

Hey guys, I was wondering if I could get some help with picking out a good stainless sythetic hunting rifle for my brother. This needs to be a 400 yard whitetail rifle. I haven't really decided on caliber, maybe a 7-08,308, something along those lines(basically whatever caliber I want to play around with!). I am really looking for input on rifles rather than caliber. I of course would love to get him a sako 75 ss, but at roughly 1200$ that may be out of the question. What (sporter weight) rifles have you had experience with that are good out of the box shooters? Has anyone owned a rem700xcr? Any suggestions?

[Meister]

My suggestion for an out-of-the-box factory rifle would be a savage of whatever model he would enjoy. These rifles are notoriously accurate. Their only shortfall, the trigger, has been fixed with the accutrigger update. Secondly I would go for a remington. Infinite aftermarket parts and the ability to customize it at random give it a great draw. I own a few of each, so I choose depending on need. All my customs are remington, all my bone stock field rifles are savages.
savage weather warrior
Something like this will be incredibly accurate when properly broken in.

[POP]

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My suggestion for an out-of-the-box factory rifle would be a savage of whatever model he would enjoy. These rifles are notoriously accurate. Their only shortfall, the trigger, has been fixed with the accutrigger update. savage weather warrior
Something like this will be incredibly accurate when properly broken in.

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YES YES AND YES!!!!!!!!!

[royinidaho]

Here's a Sako 75 for $200 less than $1200

See if he'll dicker [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] Link

[POP]

http://gunbroker.net/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=43986281

http://gunbroker.net/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=43985938

http://gunbroker.net/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=44187702

http://gunbroker.net/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=44250139

anyway you get the idea.

[arthurj]

Thanks guys, I am going give the savage some serious thought.
Thanks Roy, but I am afraid I couldn't put him through the wrath of the 7ultra! I may be a wimp but I had one in a sendero that beat me to pieces! I got several cases of split brow, and usually my first shot of the day I would forget to grip it hard enough and the bolt would rip my knuckle open!
I would force the remington on him if I knew he would want to customize it later on, but I am not thinking he will be too worried about that. He doesn't have the "addiction" like I have. He's mainly a hunter, not a shooter.

[dakor]

If he cannot get a Sako get the next best thing a Tikka. Another good one would be the new Remington SPS. Savage is ok but there are better rifles out there for almost the same price.