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Best stock rifle for under $1000?
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1053614" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>If $1500 is your budget for rifle and scope for all types of game, I would look for a used Rem 700 in .270Win, .280 Rem, .30-06, 7mm RM, .300 WM or similar for around $500. Then buy a good $1K scope. Call it done and shoot, shoot, shoot to learn your capabilities. You can upgrade your gun later in stages if needed (trigger, stock, barrel, etc.). You cannot upgrade your scope. You have to replace it.</p><p> </p><p>No use buying a $1200 gun and putting a *** $300 scope on it. If you can't see it, you can't hit it. If you can see it, but the scope won't track correctly, you can't hit it after your first time dialing your elevation. </p><p> </p><p>I would take an MOA rifle with a good scope (meaning you can maintain shooting MOA at distance) long before taking a 1/2MOA gun and putting on a crap scope that won't track/hold zero, effectually making it a 2+ MOA gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1053614, member: 68875"] If $1500 is your budget for rifle and scope for all types of game, I would look for a used Rem 700 in .270Win, .280 Rem, .30-06, 7mm RM, .300 WM or similar for around $500. Then buy a good $1K scope. Call it done and shoot, shoot, shoot to learn your capabilities. You can upgrade your gun later in stages if needed (trigger, stock, barrel, etc.). You cannot upgrade your scope. You have to replace it. No use buying a $1200 gun and putting a *** $300 scope on it. If you can't see it, you can't hit it. If you can see it, but the scope won't track correctly, you can't hit it after your first time dialing your elevation. I would take an MOA rifle with a good scope (meaning you can maintain shooting MOA at distance) long before taking a 1/2MOA gun and putting on a crap scope that won't track/hold zero, effectually making it a 2+ MOA gun. [/QUOTE]
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