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Mauser or Savage as a start? (first accurate rifle)
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<blockquote data-quote="D.ID" data-source="post: 760509" data-attributes="member: 14340"><p>All the rifles mentioned except the savage, The mauser, remington or vangaurd will all require a gunsmith at some point to significantly upgrade. Extra man hours from someone other than yourself is money and time spent. Not necessarily a bad thing but usually is for me. Savage tools to change a barrel are cheap, with a savage the trigger, bolt face, bolt handle and about anything els there is on a rifle can be changed yourself with an allen wrench set and screwdriver. The savage will have the better factory barrel over the rem or mauser and presumably the vangaurd also but I can't attest to that personally. The modern savage will shoot with the best of em and can be upgraded so easy it's criminal. After market stuff for the savages (including drop in barrels) are getting great support from all over the industry. I am not a gunsmith but have some 1/4" rifles that have never sean a gunsmith since leaving the factory. If you want any part of the "hands on" upgrades to a rifle, the savage is the way to go. If you just want to polish and shoot it and do not mind waiting on and paying a smith to do any upgrades then there are bunch of nice options, All the ones mentioned and the tikka as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.ID, post: 760509, member: 14340"] All the rifles mentioned except the savage, The mauser, remington or vangaurd will all require a gunsmith at some point to significantly upgrade. Extra man hours from someone other than yourself is money and time spent. Not necessarily a bad thing but usually is for me. Savage tools to change a barrel are cheap, with a savage the trigger, bolt face, bolt handle and about anything els there is on a rifle can be changed yourself with an allen wrench set and screwdriver. The savage will have the better factory barrel over the rem or mauser and presumably the vangaurd also but I can't attest to that personally. The modern savage will shoot with the best of em and can be upgraded so easy it's criminal. After market stuff for the savages (including drop in barrels) are getting great support from all over the industry. I am not a gunsmith but have some 1/4" rifles that have never sean a gunsmith since leaving the factory. If you want any part of the "hands on" upgrades to a rifle, the savage is the way to go. If you just want to polish and shoot it and do not mind waiting on and paying a smith to do any upgrades then there are bunch of nice options, All the ones mentioned and the tikka as well. [/QUOTE]
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