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Best Lightweight Rifle under $2,000?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger Jim" data-source="post: 435991" data-attributes="member: 13130"><p>Welcome to the site, you will definitely learn some things here if you use the search menu and read some posts. I've been here for a short while and have started to understand a lot more about rifles and long range shooting than I thought I ever would. As far as what your looking for, there are several out of the box rifles you can choose from. </p><p> Starting from low price range, the Tikka T3 Lite SS weighs in at 6.37 lbs. comes in a variety of calibers and starts at around $500.00. They are tack drivers right out of the box, have a good reputation on shooting forums. The price also leaves a lot of spending cash for good optics. The down side to the Tikka is the use of plastic parts, mainly in the magazine. </p><p> You mentioned Weatherby, they make the Mark V Ultra Light Rifle, it comes in at 6 3/4 lbs. Price is around $1,300 so it leaves you less money for optics but a nice Nikon Monarch scope can be had for what you would have left and they are great scopes.</p><p> Remington's custom shop makes a Mountain rifle, it weighs 6.5 lbs. runs around $1,400 used or near new, they use the 700 action, stainless barrel, and is a really good shooter. </p><p> As far as calibers go, in a lightweight rifle you don't want to go too large. I would stay between the 300 WSM and 7mm-08 Remington. Good luck with your search and keep us posted.</p><p></p><p>Ranger Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger Jim, post: 435991, member: 13130"] Welcome to the site, you will definitely learn some things here if you use the search menu and read some posts. I've been here for a short while and have started to understand a lot more about rifles and long range shooting than I thought I ever would. As far as what your looking for, there are several out of the box rifles you can choose from. Starting from low price range, the Tikka T3 Lite SS weighs in at 6.37 lbs. comes in a variety of calibers and starts at around $500.00. They are tack drivers right out of the box, have a good reputation on shooting forums. The price also leaves a lot of spending cash for good optics. The down side to the Tikka is the use of plastic parts, mainly in the magazine. You mentioned Weatherby, they make the Mark V Ultra Light Rifle, it comes in at 6 3/4 lbs. Price is around $1,300 so it leaves you less money for optics but a nice Nikon Monarch scope can be had for what you would have left and they are great scopes. Remington's custom shop makes a Mountain rifle, it weighs 6.5 lbs. runs around $1,400 used or near new, they use the 700 action, stainless barrel, and is a really good shooter. As far as calibers go, in a lightweight rifle you don't want to go too large. I would stay between the 300 WSM and 7mm-08 Remington. Good luck with your search and keep us posted. Ranger Jim [/QUOTE]
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