Trying to decide on which 308

Where the heck are you at? That Axis should be no more than $500 and likely less. I’m looking at an stainless Axis Ii in 6.5 Creedright now at Walmart for $296. That Remington should not be that high either...new

You need a new place to shop. That doesn't sound right.

My personal favorite for current manufactured rifles is the Ruger American. I think they are a better choice compared to current Rem 700's. I dumped 308 as a hunting round and replaced it with 6.5 CM. As far as competitive prices and selection, Walmart is worth looking at if buying new. Their prices are hard to beat for what they carry.

Very good rifle, will be replacing my old remington 700 with one if these. And worked with this dealer a few times.

https://gunprodeals.com/product/RUG....62-NATO-18-31-SYNTHETIC-MOSS-GREEN-STK-BLACK

I'm very happy with my Savage 10 FCP. I caught it on a really nice deal for $379, stock was crap as most OEM ones are but it's pretty sweet after replacing it with a Choate Tactical stock. Savages have a reputation for being accurate beyond their pay grade.

That being said, if your budget is $1000, you can buy alot more rifle. What barrel length are you looking for if the Axis was too short?

I purchased a little over a week ago a Rem 700 ADL from Cabela's on sale for $450 ($499 normally) and got a $75 Remington rebate. I've put it into a KRG Bravo stock for $300'ish (you'd probably want something different for a hunting rig) and added a Trigger Tech Trigger plus a TPS rail and rings all for under $1,000. Although mine was in 6.5CM, the rifle was also available in .22-250 and .308. Have about 25 rounds through it so far (trying to break it in properly), and it's a shooter!

Places like Euro Optic sells .308 Rem 700P barreled actions with 24" 5R rifled barrels for under $600 that you could put in the stock of your choice and be good to go. Lots of options for under $1K.

Holy crap that place is overpriced! For a grand your prospects are pretty open. How classy do you want to go? For accuracy, pretty darn hard to beat a Tikka. https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/search.php?q=Tikka+308&type=

For wood, I’d look for a used or new CZ 550. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/829372725 Honestly, there’s so many rifles out there that you could have for way under a grand. Just look around. I’m sorry. I can’t get over this. $800 for an Axis!? That’s not capitalism. That’s lunacy.

You do know that if you purchase a firearm off the internet, you can refuse it at the FFL if it’s not what the seller described. Right? But I’ve never had to refuse one.

dogguira said:

Been looking in local pawns and gunsshopsfor last few months, and what they have are overpriced and generally needs rebuilt. Total trash with pitting, busted stocks, gouged bores and so on. The new rifles always are marked a few hundred over what I see online for same new model. And most shops here act like letting you look at the new ones is a waste of their time. So I haven't had a chance to handle and compare the new ones locally. I am frustrated last week I had $1,000 in my pocket and was brushed off without being able to look at more than 2 rifles to compare. One was a used Remington 700($680) that had gashes in bore the other a new savage axis ($790). The axis was to slippery and way to short .

So in the $1000 or less ballpark what's your guys' favorite? This area has elk, deer, black bear, javelina hunts all of which I plan to do. I am looking for a solid trouble free build not prone to jams and pretty accurate from the factory. Most of my experience on centerfire rifles have been 30-06 or 30-30. I want a .308 now unless a good deal in .270 or 30-06 comes up.

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You're much better off buying online if your local prices are that high.
I bought a VTR for less than the price of your lgs axis.
Don't waste your time on a new package rifle. The scope is trash.
Save back a little cash to pick up a Nikon Prostaff or Vortex.

I love my Kimber 84M Hunter in .308, but I seem to be in the minority. Paid a little over 8 bills at Sportsmans Warehouse.

Dude don’t buy local, or talk them down. Caliber, if you aren’t shooting 400yd plus a 308 is fine and I’d argue a scope and practice is more important for the 300-600yd range anyway

I understand the desire to support local shops, but some of these folks price themselves out of the market, if they won’t play ball, have them do the ffl paperwork and find a gun at your price . It’s sad when you can buy local

I’d try this in a caliber you want https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/product/57891/bergara+b14l501+3006+ridge+syn


Or this

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog...e320+t3x+lite+bolt+30-06+springfield+224"+3+1

I've owned recent rifles from every maker mentioned in this thread except Winchester, and Kimber, tho no necessarily the exact models listed.

The Ruger Hawkeyes are nice rifles for the cost, and when found in the sub 500 dollar range are very much "Best buy's" imo
Personally I think the Americans are the best bang for the buck.

If you like remjngtons, don't buy sight unseen, or go buy a Bergara.

If you want some extra refinement and a few neat features like the quad scope base screws, the Browning Xbolts are very nice rifles, and not bad deals for what you get you will pay more for them tho.
I haven't used a new Ab3 yet, but handling they feel good.

Tikkas are fantastically accurate, have nicer stocks than Americans, and are generally very well thought of. At the 650+ the t3xs bring now, I prefer other makes models, but they are still a good choice.

Savages are also good options, tho I generally don't use them much anymore. If your first expectations are accuracy they deserve a hard look.

Honestly It's difficult to buy a BAD rifle, but you need to decide how much refinement you want.

That Axis you played with will be reliable, accurate and cheap (should have been 350 or less. The more you spend generally the "nicer" the guns get. In the 600+ dollar range most will have decent to good stocks, and triggers, and have fairly smooth actions.
The next factory rifle I want to try is a Winchester 70.