Looking to get a new bolt action

[AKElroy]

No Savage Weather Warrior??? Accustock / Accutrigger; Groups like a freak with cheap Remmy CorLokd ammo.

 

[klcmschlesinger]

Already have a savage

I already have a savage and just wanted something different.

 

[DM~]

I can see from the poll, you folks don't know anything about the Shaw customs... Otherwise, they would have gotton more votes!

DM

 

[CaliCoastie]

hmm didnt throw a vote, i have nothing bad to say about any of them but for a new rifle, tikka would be the popular one, the marlin x7s(stanless) would be my first vote, i like sako but the price... and i got my fairly cheap at 650.
ps im kinda cheap untill i know what exactly i want.

 

[homers]

I voted ER Shaw, but you'll have to wait to get it.

 

[klcmschlesinger]

18 months

I saw that on the website. 18 months wait. I'm ok with that, but is that the best choice. I thought it was when I started this poll, other than maybe the browning. Shaw uses Savage action with Shaw barrels. Thought it would be a real winner with the cool helical fluting.

 

[berrywood]

Brownings are nice rifles. However, if you plan on rebarreling in the future, then I would recommend against it. Removing the barrel will irreparably damage the receiver. Most gunsmiths cannot do it.

Weatherby is an excellent choice.

 

[TSK1975]

If you are thinking about a .25 caliber and the .257 Weatherby, I wouldn't look any further than a Vanguard. I don't think there is a better deal on a rifle in a Weatherby caliber. They are well built, which goes for most all rifles built today. I just got a Browning A-Bolt which I really like. I would have considered an X-Bolt, but the price was really good on the A-Bolt. I have owned some Savage rifles and have always been impressed with there performance. I looked at a Tikka and was very impressed. I think the Ruger Hawkeye is a great handing gun. I can't say much about the Thompson, Sako or Kimber since I haven't got much experience with them. I haven't ever seen a Shaw.

 

[Germster]

Sorry, while stainless rifles might be modern, I just can't wrap myself around them. Rather a blued rifle and an older one. While you can buy a pig in a poke, most used rifles that look good are okay.

Sure I'm an old guy, but I do not like any rifle that is not blue or black and I do not like a stock that is anything other than wood. Sure plastic stocks work and sure stainless iron is fine, but jeeze they are just so ugly!

 

[Holo]

TC Icon is a very nice gun. Mine came from the factory with a .84 group on paper. VERY nice trigger. Its adjustable and mine breaks like a glass rod at 2.8lbs. Also the mounts are milled into the receiver so one less part to come loose. And i think they have a mail in rebate right now!

 

[bwarren86]

I bought a Thompson Center Icon and love it. Its chambered in 25/06 and loaded up some real nice pills for her.

 

[451 Detonics]

Even tho you have a Savage I would still recommend one. Given your wants I would go with the Model 11 Long Range Hunter in 260 Remington. The 260 is on of the top long range accuracy rounds out there today and Savage's rep for accuracy is well deserved.

If not a Savage I would still try to find a 260 Remington

 

[Germster]

Actually I think a rifle that functions well is a beautiful thing but I also think some of the look nice. You're talking about a matter of preference. I'll take a rifle that will be looking new in 50 years over one that won't every time. And a quality stainless barrel and a synthetic stock will outlast a wood stock by decades. I have beautiful walnut stocks that are warped to the point they won't work, others that are dinged and scratched, and some that are both. You might call it "plastic" but it costs twice as much as walnut and lasts twice as long regardless of conditions. I love the look of wood and blued steel too but I love function more. And that isn't why people like the looks of the 12 LRPV. They look nice even if you don't think so.

Everything you have said here is correct. It is a matter of choice and if I was going on a serious hunt in terrible weather I would spring for a stainless rifle with plastic stock. But I don't do that kind of thing anymore.

 

[BikerRN]

Since you didn't have the Winchester Model 70 as an option I selected the Ruger.

I'm a fan of the three position safety and Ruger makes the modern version of a Mauser, as previously noted. With the money saved you could get a custom stock and have a lot accuracy work done on your rifle, or get better optics. I'm of the opinion that optics are more important than the projectile luanching platform.

BikerRN