Hi there,
I'm looking into picking up my first bolt gun, and pretty well settled on .308 (versatility, ease/cost of ammo, etc).
Everyone raves about the T3, but the new Marlins are getting a bunch of good words too. Assuming that the difference (~$125-150) needs to come out of glass, bumping me from something like a Monarch on the XS7 down to a Buckmaster on a T3, what would be your pick? Something I haven't considered?
I hunt mule deer and elk, and have been shooting a BLR in 308 pretty happily, but am interested in getting into some long(er) range stuff, steel at 500, 750 at the very long end. I know the light barrels aren't ideal for the long range target stuff, but I'm OK with taking my time to keep them cool.
I'm still a rifle newbie, relatively speaking; I grew up hunting whitetails in the Midwest almost all in areas where shotguns with slugs were the law. With the BLR I don't feel good about shots much outside 200, unless I'm on a really steady rest with a solid distance reference. Open sights and a rifled barrel with sabots I was confident to 125 or so with the shotgun.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
I'm looking into picking up my first bolt gun, and pretty well settled on .308 (versatility, ease/cost of ammo, etc).
Everyone raves about the T3, but the new Marlins are getting a bunch of good words too. Assuming that the difference (~$125-150) needs to come out of glass, bumping me from something like a Monarch on the XS7 down to a Buckmaster on a T3, what would be your pick? Something I haven't considered?
I hunt mule deer and elk, and have been shooting a BLR in 308 pretty happily, but am interested in getting into some long(er) range stuff, steel at 500, 750 at the very long end. I know the light barrels aren't ideal for the long range target stuff, but I'm OK with taking my time to keep them cool.
I'm still a rifle newbie, relatively speaking; I grew up hunting whitetails in the Midwest almost all in areas where shotguns with slugs were the law. With the BLR I don't feel good about shots much outside 200, unless I'm on a really steady rest with a solid distance reference. Open sights and a rifled barrel with sabots I was confident to 125 or so with the shotgun.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!