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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 562742" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I know I'm going to start a ****ing match here, but I would not buy a used Sako in stainless steel unless it was new and current manufacture. They had a huge problem a few years back with bad steel, and many guns blew up with factory ammo in them. The new ones are pretty good these days so beware of where it came from. Dollar for dollar you just can't beat the Howa! I like the way they cut the stocks on their varmit rigs, and the onlything that rivals them is the Savage laminate stocks with the wide flat bottom forend. A varmit rig will most often be shot off bags or a rest, and this alone is very important to think about. But of course you can restock a Remington or any of the others.</p><p> </p><p>Out of the box, you simply can't go wrong with a Savage bench gun for varmits. The draw back is that they are a little on the heavy side of the street. I have several .223's, and my favorite is a 700VS that I completely rebuilt. Not the most accurate for sure, but still plenty good enough for Coyotes out to 300+ yards, and I can shoot it offhand like a regular hunting rifle. It has a #5.5 Remington contoured barrel that's 20" long, and I figure I lost about 75fps over the factory 26" tuning fork. Looking back at the build, I think I'd almost rather built it in .222AI (.244" neck) instead. Might do it when I rebarrel it. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 562742, member: 25383"] I know I'm going to start a ****ing match here, but I would not buy a used Sako in stainless steel unless it was new and current manufacture. They had a huge problem a few years back with bad steel, and many guns blew up with factory ammo in them. The new ones are pretty good these days so beware of where it came from. Dollar for dollar you just can't beat the Howa! I like the way they cut the stocks on their varmit rigs, and the onlything that rivals them is the Savage laminate stocks with the wide flat bottom forend. A varmit rig will most often be shot off bags or a rest, and this alone is very important to think about. But of course you can restock a Remington or any of the others. Out of the box, you simply can't go wrong with a Savage bench gun for varmits. The draw back is that they are a little on the heavy side of the street. I have several .223's, and my favorite is a 700VS that I completely rebuilt. Not the most accurate for sure, but still plenty good enough for Coyotes out to 300+ yards, and I can shoot it offhand like a regular hunting rifle. It has a #5.5 Remington contoured barrel that's 20" long, and I figure I lost about 75fps over the factory 26" tuning fork. Looking back at the build, I think I'd almost rather built it in .222AI (.244" neck) instead. Might do it when I rebarrel it. gary [/QUOTE]
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