Looking for a new hunting rifle, Whats your .02 cents?

30-06 is probably your best bet. As for the rifle, Remington BDL, Winchester mod 70, and browning have good classic lines with attractive wood.
 
The Tikka T3 Hunter is the finest rifle in your price bracket , cold hammer -forged barrel , the best trigger you will find at the price, test fired in the Sako factory, MOA accuracy guarateed, smooooth action & beutifully built & requires no after market improvements.
.270 is the most popular calibre here for Elk, 30-06 is also common.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Ill have to go to the local gun shops and pawn shops and hopefully they'll have a nice Ruger Hawkeye, Winchester model 70, Tikka T3 Hunter, Sako 85 Hunter, Remington 700, Savage 111, or a Browning. Any of these will do what i need them to do. Thinking of a 30-06 with a nice leupold & timney trigger for my first rifle since ill be primarily hunting elk at 300 yards or less, and later on ill pick up a 270 for deer. Thanks again yall!
 
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.270 will take elk as easily as -06 with proper shot placement and bullet construction.

If I was you I'd be looking at a new production Win 70 Featherweight in .270 Win. But that's me.
 
If your looking for a light to mid weight all around hunting rifle... i personally think its hard as heck to beat a Tikka T3...I own all kinds of rifles and take my T3 lite in .270 almost every time. Not much on the avg Rem 700 anymore unless its a 700 Sendero..My .300WM sendero is taken out west where you will shoot long range and not hike all day. Again.. those Tikka's are smooth as silk and accurate as heck.. mine shoots federal $20 blue box between .25-.50 no joke.
And NO need for timney trigger with the tikka. stainless looks best IMO
 
The 270 is the the 30-06 high performance brother. The 06 is a military round pushed into hunting. The 270 was specifacally designed hunting cartridge to improve the ballistics of the older 30-06 that is under bored and was already in military service.
There is nothing a 06 can do that a 270 can't except the 270 will reach out further doing it.
For NA species, either will be great. If you are just hunting deer a 243 is a great choice. If you want a 30 caliber, I would get a 308. More ammo choices and unlimited platform.

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Savage Freak!!!

While a few here know that I really dig the .270 win, and I can easily handload my rifle bullets and powder that will dispatch any elk or bear.. that said that 114 in either caliber would be dandy as hell....
Don't get a rifle that everyone else likes, get the one that fits you best, and that you like. Same with the caliber, heck I use my .270 for anything, especially if I headed west, for black bear, whitetails, muledeer, antelope, elk, sitka deer, sheep, goats, coyotes, groundhogs, prairie dogs,....;)
 
There is nothing a 06 can do that a 270 can't except the 270 will reach out further doing it
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I don't believe this to be true. Elephants, cape buffalo and lions are off the menu for the 270
Not for the '06 though. No matter how much those who love the 270 wish it to be so, the 270 will never be an equal to the 30-06. That is not taking anything away from the 270, it is just a matter of fact.
 
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Killing many Elephants with the 30-06????
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Nope. Has it been done? Lots. Ever with a 270?
Maybe. But not enough for people to acknowledge it as a viable cartridge.

That's the beauty of the '06, it'll do everything from coyote to elephants and all points in between.

Don't get me wrong, the 270 is respectable, but it won't ever be as capable as the 30-06.
 
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I think your idea of a nice wood stocked hunting rifle sounds great. My advice would be to look at smaller calibers. We all seem to want a big boomer, but there are some sweet lighter calibers which do the job well like 257 roberts, 6.5 Creedmor, etc. . .but 308 and 338 Federal would give more whoap!


While a Leupold 3-9 is a fine scope, I find s a scope with a BDC reticle is a nice feature. Sometimes a brand like Leupold may have have a lens coating which is less agreeable to your eyes. Frankly, my eyes like Burris, Sightron and Nikon over Leupold in that midrange. Leupold does make sweet scopes and they keep the weight down.

For a wood stocked hunting rifle, I really like the Savage 14 model. Stocks look and feel good. Barrels have a bit of meat and the actions are pretty good.

Scope mount. . .Don't forget a good scope mount. Usually a 1 pc base and picatinney rings hold things well. Weaver should be OK, but can be a bit dicey. . .seems like Weaver spec is kind of sloppy. Warne, Leupold, TPS. . .all good.
 
Forget about the crap that the liberal station msnbc posted...... The 700 has been around for over 40 years and tree is a reason for it. Trees nothing wrong with the gun unless you don't keep it clean and put presidential engineering on the trigger.
 
270 or 30-06 are both fine for what you want to do. I have a 30-06; my buddy has a 270. They both work fine.

I have a savage 11 in 260. I think that if you got a savage 111 in either 270/30-06, you'd be happy.

If you have patience, probably a well-maintained classic rifle will cross your path. I got my Ted Williams model 53 (Winchester 70) with scope for 250. Shoots great.

Good luck hunting.
 
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