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Savage 6.5 creedmoor advice needed
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<blockquote data-quote="razakain" data-source="post: 1005191" data-attributes="member: 72280"><p>Hello all,</p><p> I am really itching for a long range target/hunting rifle. Wild hogs and whitetail will be the largest game I take with it. I want the rifle to be in the 8.5 to 9 pound range without optics and unloaded. After a lot of research, and given my constrained budget, I have settled on two options. </p><p> First, special order a Savage 10 FCP HS Precision in 6.5 creedmoor with a 24" fluted barrel. Weight should be right at 9 lbs. but the price is significant above the .308. I would put on a 0MOA scope rail. </p><p> Second, getting the Savage 10T from Cabelas. It appears to be the same barrel, action, etc. for only $600.00, plus it comes with an 0MOA scope rail, which I would have to put on the special order. I would then have to buy a 6.5 fluted barrel and I would probably put it in a Manners MCS-EH1 stock, which should shave another 12 ounces or so of weight. I believe I could buy a 1:8 24" barrel fluted and installed for less than $450.00 (not counting shipping). I am allowing $650 for the stock, installed, which gets me up to the MSRP of the special order option 1.</p><p> Third, get a Predator Hunter Max 1 in 6.5 with the already fluted barrel, add the scope rail and swap out the stock to the Manners EH1. That would be about $850.00 for the rifle and another $650.00 for the stock, with a rifle weight of approximately 8 pounds.</p><p> So, on top of any obvious problems I am missing, which you should please point out, what is your advice? I am not interested in a used rifle and cannot afford a custom rifle, so please bear that in mind. Thank you all. I am still a novice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="razakain, post: 1005191, member: 72280"] Hello all, I am really itching for a long range target/hunting rifle. Wild hogs and whitetail will be the largest game I take with it. I want the rifle to be in the 8.5 to 9 pound range without optics and unloaded. After a lot of research, and given my constrained budget, I have settled on two options. First, special order a Savage 10 FCP HS Precision in 6.5 creedmoor with a 24" fluted barrel. Weight should be right at 9 lbs. but the price is significant above the .308. I would put on a 0MOA scope rail. Second, getting the Savage 10T from Cabelas. It appears to be the same barrel, action, etc. for only $600.00, plus it comes with an 0MOA scope rail, which I would have to put on the special order. I would then have to buy a 6.5 fluted barrel and I would probably put it in a Manners MCS-EH1 stock, which should shave another 12 ounces or so of weight. I believe I could buy a 1:8 24" barrel fluted and installed for less than $450.00 (not counting shipping). I am allowing $650 for the stock, installed, which gets me up to the MSRP of the special order option 1. Third, get a Predator Hunter Max 1 in 6.5 with the already fluted barrel, add the scope rail and swap out the stock to the Manners EH1. That would be about $850.00 for the rifle and another $650.00 for the stock, with a rifle weight of approximately 8 pounds. So, on top of any obvious problems I am missing, which you should please point out, what is your advice? I am not interested in a used rifle and cannot afford a custom rifle, so please bear that in mind. Thank you all. I am still a novice. [/QUOTE]
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