New rifle purchase question.

Check out the Savage Long Range Hunter, it's an affordable, extremely accurate rifle....you pick the caliber, .270 over 2506, for wider bullet selection. If bear is in the picture, then go withheavy bullets like the 140-150 partitions, for accurate deer puncher fodder, try 130 grain Ballistic Tips from Nosler.
 
You said you want to do more shooting. 7mm-08 (the Tikka, if those are the only choices) fits that bill. Very nice balance - arguably perfect - of barrel life vs. ballistic & terminal performance.
 
I personally would not buy a .308 with a 1 in 12 twist. Too slow to stabilize anything but very light bullets.
 
I traded Rem 1-12 twist for the Tikka. Rem sps not a very good rifle without a lot of customizing. I wish Tikka had ten twist instead of 11. Don't know why they went in the middle. Haven't tried anything under 160-165 gr through it.
 
The 1:11 twist is just fine for what you are doing, Wendy. I know a lot of people get all worked up about getting a 1:10 twist for their 308s but its really not necessary.
Based on the capacity of the 308 Winchester case, the 1:12 twist originally used and still used on a lot of rifles will stabilize 130-180 grain weight bullets.

The 1:10 twist comes from the old 30-40 and 30-03 cartridges designed to shoot 220 grain bullets. If you look at the 308's powder capacity and cartridge overall length, you are not going to get much speed out of a bullet that heavy, regardless of the twist rate.

The 308 is very happy with bullets from 150 to 180 grain weights, and any inaccuracy-assuming you have a properly bedded action with a reasonably straight barrel is going to be the shape of the bullet.

With a properly constructed bullet in 150 to 180 grains, the 308 Winchester will kill any game in the lower 48.
 
I posted some groups with it in reloading section. I'll have to play with 178s a little more. First time out with them. They appear as if they are going to be good.
 
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