troy fairweather
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only if they made the ew in 280remWinchester model 70 extreme weather rechambered to 280AI.
I’m with you on the CRF and locking bolt, it’s a must.
only if they made the ew in 280remWinchester model 70 extreme weather rechambered to 280AI.
I’m with you on the CRF and locking bolt, it’s a must.
only if they made the ew in 280rem
ya it's tempting, with i had a better lathe. i could get a short chambered barrel for under $300 i have a old 280ai reamer but maybe rent one and do the sammi spec chamber.Ok tell yourself you’ll be happy with a Winchester 70 EW in 30-06 for $1,000. Then in a moment of weakness you spend $500 on a 280AI barrel and sell off your ‘06 barrel.
There you got the perfect hunting rifle for $1,000ish
Ok I know that’s a big “ish” but it’ll be worth it in the end, and if you don’t like it, I’ll buy it off you.
ya if i could find a kimber montana for just over $1000 that would be nice, how is the muzzle bast with the brake, i really like my A-bolt in 7wsm.I had two Winchester M70 Extreme Weather rifles about six or seven years ago. One was in .308 Win and the other .300 Win Mag. Both were made in Utah and both were very disappointing. I sold them for what I had into them and don't miss them at all. They were heavy, not particularly accurate, and the machining of the receivers was disgraceful. I spent many hours smoothing them out to the point where I was ok with them, but the weight and the average performance meant that I was happy to get rid of them. I really wanted to like them. I bought a Kimber Montana 8400 WSM the same day I bought the EW .300 Win Mag. I was working for Remington in AR at the time and stopped at Fort Thompson gun shop, or something like that, in Jacksonville. I paid $1,050 for the Kimber and $850 for the EW … I still have the Kimber.
i thought i would be nice to have the brake if needed, the 280ai in a light rifle can have some punch. i believe the hunter is the same barrel and action but no threads and has the mag, id rather have the blind mag like the montana, but the hunter is a lot cheaper and that could go towards a better scope.The brake is really effective but I'm not a fan of the noise, and anyone to the left or right won't be a fan of the noise or blast either. That's why I like the Hunter rifles, no muzzle threads = no brake! You lose one round of capacity compared to the Montana, but 3+1 for either the 84M or 84L is enough for most situations.
Tikka makes a great rifle for the money, and I would own a few of them if I wasn't happy with Kimber rifles. A coworker who's left handed has a right handed Sako A5 300 WSM that's awesome, and I've tried to separate him from it but he won't sell it. I wish that Barrett hadn't gone with a Remington 700 type action with no locking bolt for the Fieldcraft, but that's another rifle I won't own. I won't buy any bolt action from Bergara either for the same reason, and their extractor is garbage, and their rifles are heavy. Now that I think about it, the list is getting shorter and shorter.
a crf ation is a real plus for me tho you don't need crf i just like it. i won't spend any money on a new savage until a lot of things change. it's hard to decide between the 7mm-08 or the 280ai. the 280ai would be a do all rifle tho in any weather.As ive said already, for my 280AI im going with the Ridgeline, but thats no 1k dollar rifle.
ive looked pretty hard at the semi-production 280ai rifles, and honestly I think Kimbers the sweet spot in the 1-1500 dollar range.
Montanas can be had for about 1200, the ascents are 1700ish.
less than that, and if your ok with an plastic stock, you can get the Hunter which cost lest just because of the stock and no threading i i think.
Another option are the Bergara premiers, which while lighter than average, are still about 1/2 a pound heavier than the kimbers, and start at about 1300.
You can get a savage in 280AI now, and id considered one myself, but Ive never been completely happy with my newer savage rifles.
troy fairweather said:it's hard to decide between the 7mm-08 or the 280ai. the 280ai would be a do all rifle tho in any weather.
I hope that your's shoot better than mine did. It would suffice for the average deer gun, but I never got better than 1 1/2 MOA out of it. That would work for most people, but not here.Depends on the local used market -- I'd love to find a fixable 6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine in the $1K ballpark. That's been near the top of my wish-list for, like, forever.
As for what I last blew a grandish on new, the Kimber 84M Hunter in .308. It retailed sub-$900, but I added two spare mags, a Weaver V1-3x20 in Warne Rings, and a backup Bushnell TRS-25 with QD mount, bringing the whole package to something like $1250. I look at it as an interpretation of Cooper's Scout Rifle
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so if you had a 1000 bucks and wanted a nice deer rifle, not counting for a scope or rings and such. would you get something synthetic stainless steel or blued with nice wood. for up close or long range hunting.
good looking setup, could you give a review of the kimber hunter, or if you did in a thread. i don't think the stock is as bad as guys say it is, the i saw looked and felt nice. if they take some polishing that's ok. a MS would be a fine rifle, use it on the nice days, where your not walking over fences or rock walls.Depends on the local used market -- I'd love to find a fixable 6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine in the $1K ballpark. That's been near the top of my wish-list for, like, forever.
As for what I last blew a grandish on new, the Kimber 84M Hunter in .308. It retailed sub-$900, but I added two spare mags, a Weaver V1-3x20 in Warne Rings, and a backup Bushnell TRS-25 with QD mount, bringing the whole package to something like $1250. I look at it as an interpretation of Cooper's Scout Rifle
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