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You have $1000 to buy a deer rifle and scope - what's your choice?
Posted on 1/4/15 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/4/15 at 11:56 am
I'm in this situation right now. $1,000 budget. Give me your recommendations. I want to know what you would be looking at, rifle and scope combo.
Here's my usual hunting situation: shots less than 200 yards, mostly 100 to 150 yards, open field and woods. Thinking .270 or .308.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Here's my usual hunting situation: shots less than 200 yards, mostly 100 to 150 yards, open field and woods. Thinking .270 or .308.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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Posted on 1/4/15 at 11:57 am to SpqrTiger
What's the rule here, 300 on the gun and 700 on the scope?
Posted on 1/4/15 at 11:58 am to Riseupfromtherubble
savage 308, leupold vx-6
Posted on 1/4/15 at 11:59 am to Riseupfromtherubble
quote:
What's the rule here, 300 on the gun and 700 on the scope?
With a 1,000 dollar scope you won't even need a rifle to kill deer.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:07 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
quote:
What's the rule here, 300 on the gun and 700 on the scope?
Sound advice.
Invest the money in glass.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:09 pm to SpqrTiger
Ruger hawkeye-$500
Leupold vx3-$400
Leupold vx3-$400
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:16 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
What's he do with the extra$100?
Ammo
Hookers
Blow
Cammo
Ammo
Hookers
Blow
Cammo
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:41 pm to SpqrTiger
Tikka T3
Nikon Buckmaster 3x9
Nikon Buckmaster 3x9
This post was edited on 1/4/15 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:59 pm to SpqrTiger
Tikka T3 .270 with Nikon Buckmaster or Savage weather warrior (model 16 stainless) with Nikon Buckmaster.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:04 pm to SpqrTiger
Tikka T3 $599
Meopta Meopro 3.5x10x44 $399
Meopta Meopro 3.5x10x44 $399
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:29 pm to SpqrTiger
Weatherby vanguard s2 in 257 weatherby mag. For long shots I'd get the same gun in 6.5 creedmoor.
Nikon buckmasters 3-9x50
Nikon buckmasters 3-9x50
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:50 pm to SpqrTiger
Savage 110 trophy hunter combo in . 270 with accutrigger and Nikon scope. It's all you need for those shots and you can use the other $450 for something else.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:50 pm to SpqrTiger
get the cheapest gun you can go with and vice versa on the scope.... maybe a vanguard then blow the rest on the scope and don't forget to get the best mounts you can afford. put no less than leupold mounts on the rifle.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:51 pm to HebertFest08
$700 rifle $300 scope
Can always move scope to another rifle if u upgrade scope
Can always move scope to another rifle if u upgrade scope
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:01 pm to A_bear
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Weatherby vanguard s2 in 257 weatherby mag. For long shots I'd get the same gun in 6.5 creedmoor.
what?
So you would use an extremely fast, flat shooting round for close up and a not as flat, slower round for long shot?
I'm confused.
ETA: to the OP I just finished a gun that would fit your specifications.
AR15 in 6.8 spc with a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40
This post was edited on 1/4/15 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:13 pm to SpqrTiger
Remington 700 270 wsm
Leupold 3x9x50
Leupold 3x9x50
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:32 pm to SpqrTiger
If it is me today, I would spend as much as possible on the rifle that I liked. I would then save money between now and late summer to purchase the scope I wanted. It's not like you are going to get to use it much the rest of this hunting season, so why rush the purchase?
I can't see being cheap on firearm purchases in my older years.
I can't see being cheap on firearm purchases in my older years.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:33 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
$700 rifle $300 scope
Intradesting
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:45 pm to SpqrTiger
Remington 700 SPS for $600 on CTD
Nikon Buckmaster 4-12x40 $320
(got this exact setup but with the Buckmaster $150 during cyber sales week thanks to a tip from one of you fine gents of the OB)
Nikon Buckmaster 4-12x40 $320
(got this exact setup but with the Buckmaster $150 during cyber sales week thanks to a tip from one of you fine gents of the OB)
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:45 pm to 4LSU2
Yea if I already had a decent scope, id spend whatever the rifle in the budget cost and get a nice scope next year.
I don't get the cheap rifle and high dollar scope idea.
I don't get the cheap rifle and high dollar scope idea.
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