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<blockquote data-quote="ReLes" data-source="post: 2004024" data-attributes="member: 115880"><p>Hi there.</p><p>So today I went to the 5 armories of pour "capital city" to do some research (I mainly looked at 7mm-08because I thought the rest would be easy to find). Here is what I got :</p><p>- ammo availability : 7-08 and .308 have pretty much the same (federal classic, fusion and premium, hornady eldx, gmx and american whitetail, remington core-lockt, winchester power point, maybe a couple more). I didn't look for the .270, I know there is plenty. Only one option with 6.5creedmor, nothing in .260, .280, .6,5 grendel</p><p>- rifle choice : in 7mm-08 I found the savage axis at 1200usd, ruger american @ 1000usd, Browning xbolt stainless hunter @ 1600, tikka t3x (lite stainless @ 1750, stainless laminated @ 1850, varmint @ 1600, supervarmint stainless @ 2000), remington 700 mountain stainless @ 2800. There were also a couple "tactical/long range" rifle @ 4500+ USD, and a used sako85 with a laminated stock and what looked like a fluted varmint stainless barrel for 2500usd, and a used howa1500 for 1300usd. A lot of .270s, almost nothing in .308 ! Also a couple superexpensive tactical rifle in 6.5crdmor.</p><p></p><p>Looks like ammo choice/availability won't be a deciding factor after all.</p><p>All 3 cartridges fit my needs, so I might as well go for the lighter recoil of the 7-08.</p><p>Budgetwise I can't go any further than the x-blot/tikka options, and furthermore our weather makes stainless stuff really valuable, so I Guess I'll have to choose between those 2. Now the question is, considering Both have quite the reputation, is the tikka worth the extra 150/200 bucks ?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ReLes, post: 2004024, member: 115880"] Hi there. So today I went to the 5 armories of pour "capital city" to do some research (I mainly looked at 7mm-08because I thought the rest would be easy to find). Here is what I got : - ammo availability : 7-08 and .308 have pretty much the same (federal classic, fusion and premium, hornady eldx, gmx and american whitetail, remington core-lockt, winchester power point, maybe a couple more). I didn't look for the .270, I know there is plenty. Only one option with 6.5creedmor, nothing in .260, .280, .6,5 grendel - rifle choice : in 7mm-08 I found the savage axis at 1200usd, ruger american @ 1000usd, Browning xbolt stainless hunter @ 1600, tikka t3x (lite stainless @ 1750, stainless laminated @ 1850, varmint @ 1600, supervarmint stainless @ 2000), remington 700 mountain stainless @ 2800. There were also a couple "tactical/long range" rifle @ 4500+ USD, and a used sako85 with a laminated stock and what looked like a fluted varmint stainless barrel for 2500usd, and a used howa1500 for 1300usd. A lot of .270s, almost nothing in .308 ! Also a couple superexpensive tactical rifle in 6.5crdmor. Looks like ammo choice/availability won't be a deciding factor after all. All 3 cartridges fit my needs, so I might as well go for the lighter recoil of the 7-08. Budgetwise I can't go any further than the x-blot/tikka options, and furthermore our weather makes stainless stuff really valuable, so I Guess I'll have to choose between those 2. Now the question is, considering Both have quite the reputation, is the tikka worth the extra 150/200 bucks ? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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