Idaho 45 Vaquero
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Howdy All,
On days that I've got cash on hand I've been thinking about buying an inexpensive (cheap) and reasonably accurate truck/hunting/ranch rifle that I wouldn't mind getting beat up. I have much nicer hunting and tactical rifles of all sorts and calibers. I just find myself checking my vehicle all the time to make sure my nice guns haven't been stolen.
I've been browsing online at some of the single shot center-fire rifle's around now days. Particularly, the CVA single shots in .243 which has some tempting price offerings under $200. H&R single shots are slightly more expensive and getting harder to come by. The Rossi's look interesting as well, but I've heard that they no longer make the Wizard with all the interchangeable barrels, (which was a great concept by the way). Rossi is also a little more expensive. I'm afraid Thompson Center is more than I'm willing to pay for just a "take wherever I go" truck/ranch/hunting rifle. I live in the wide open mountain west, so I lean heavily to .243, 6mm's, 6.5mm and such.
Has anybody had experience with CVA, Rossi, H&R, and the reliability and quality, particularly the CVA? How accurate are they, particularly the CVA? Accuracy of CVA single shot with scope?
On days that I've got cash on hand I've been thinking about buying an inexpensive (cheap) and reasonably accurate truck/hunting/ranch rifle that I wouldn't mind getting beat up. I have much nicer hunting and tactical rifles of all sorts and calibers. I just find myself checking my vehicle all the time to make sure my nice guns haven't been stolen.
I've been browsing online at some of the single shot center-fire rifle's around now days. Particularly, the CVA single shots in .243 which has some tempting price offerings under $200. H&R single shots are slightly more expensive and getting harder to come by. The Rossi's look interesting as well, but I've heard that they no longer make the Wizard with all the interchangeable barrels, (which was a great concept by the way). Rossi is also a little more expensive. I'm afraid Thompson Center is more than I'm willing to pay for just a "take wherever I go" truck/ranch/hunting rifle. I live in the wide open mountain west, so I lean heavily to .243, 6mm's, 6.5mm and such.
Has anybody had experience with CVA, Rossi, H&R, and the reliability and quality, particularly the CVA? How accurate are they, particularly the CVA? Accuracy of CVA single shot with scope?