dagger dog
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It's real hard to make a choice with so many quality rifles out there.Then you're strapped with the chore of caliber selection.
The .223 Remington in any good barrel action combo,is a wise choice for the starting rifle, it is on par with any other cartridge in the .22 centerfire class.You can load it with 40gr Varmint style bullets and be good to 300, yds then if the barrel has the correct twist you can go all the way up to the 80gr&up for 600 yds and farther.
Then the .30 cal comes up, not to many Varmint style hyper velocity bullets designed for these but some of the 125gr ballistic tip loadings in .308 Winchester are quite flat and super fast out to 300yds , but then the .30 starts to really shine, lots of 1000yd extra long and heavy weight VLD type bullets available , the .308 Win. or the 7.62X51MM Nato or what ever you want to call it holds many records, hunter benchrest, service rifle and the lists goes on and on.
A choice of either caliber will give you the largest selection of off the shelf ammo . Then if you get into reloading well thats a whole different world.
I started shooting rifle in .308 Win. then graudated? to the .22 centerfires. If I knew then what I know now, it would have been different.
You choice of Howa and and CZ are tried and true , but don't over look the Savage,that little Mdl 25 in .223 with the heavy bbl, and 4shot box magazine is on nice peice. I can attest to the heavy sleeved bbl as I have its little brother the Mdl 40 in .22 hornet and it is a absolute tack driver with handloads and will shoot the factory ammo almost as well.
The .223 Remington in any good barrel action combo,is a wise choice for the starting rifle, it is on par with any other cartridge in the .22 centerfire class.You can load it with 40gr Varmint style bullets and be good to 300, yds then if the barrel has the correct twist you can go all the way up to the 80gr&up for 600 yds and farther.
Then the .30 cal comes up, not to many Varmint style hyper velocity bullets designed for these but some of the 125gr ballistic tip loadings in .308 Winchester are quite flat and super fast out to 300yds , but then the .30 starts to really shine, lots of 1000yd extra long and heavy weight VLD type bullets available , the .308 Win. or the 7.62X51MM Nato or what ever you want to call it holds many records, hunter benchrest, service rifle and the lists goes on and on.
A choice of either caliber will give you the largest selection of off the shelf ammo . Then if you get into reloading well thats a whole different world.
I started shooting rifle in .308 Win. then graudated? to the .22 centerfires. If I knew then what I know now, it would have been different.
You choice of Howa and and CZ are tried and true , but don't over look the Savage,that little Mdl 25 in .223 with the heavy bbl, and 4shot box magazine is on nice peice. I can attest to the heavy sleeved bbl as I have its little brother the Mdl 40 in .22 hornet and it is a absolute tack driver with handloads and will shoot the factory ammo almost as well.