Areoflyer09
New member
I’ve been working on selling some firearms that either don’t get used (not shot in 6+months) or haven’t lived up to expectations, but proceeds will benefit a new rifle and another project. I’m in need some thoughts/ideas/options from the collective knowledge at those point.
Currently, the biggest rifle is my Henry .357 & the rest are 22s. Typically I’ve been more is a pistol person, so I’m outside my typical knowledge base. I had an AR before the Henry and really didn’t have much fun with it, so I’m not looking go back that route. But I’ve gotten to use an AR10, and the recoil didn’t bother me.
I’ve got a couple of ground rules in order of priority:
1) Roughly $700 or under
2) Wood/Laminate Stock
3) Bolt/Lever Action
4) Maxing out at 44Mag if a pistol caliber or .308 if a rifle caliber
New or used is ok, iron sights would be nice just to offset an immediate scope cost, as long as the cost/round is reasonable I’ll consider it being as it won’t be used as often
This is just a fun gun for me, I currently don’t hunt and I don’t need it to be sub-MOA (I’m not that good yet anyways). Shooting is a stress outlet for me, so as long as I’m having fun I tend to be happy with the purchase.
At the moment, here are the current leading thoughts:
-Ruger American Rimfire Target
-CZ 455 American (22/17) Combo
-Henry Big Boy in 44Mag or 30-30
What I would like are some options in other common calibers that I could look into. What would be a good bolt action choice that meet the above criteria? What other calibers should I look into (17HMR, .223, .243, etc)?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options out there!
Currently, the biggest rifle is my Henry .357 & the rest are 22s. Typically I’ve been more is a pistol person, so I’m outside my typical knowledge base. I had an AR before the Henry and really didn’t have much fun with it, so I’m not looking go back that route. But I’ve gotten to use an AR10, and the recoil didn’t bother me.
I’ve got a couple of ground rules in order of priority:
1) Roughly $700 or under
2) Wood/Laminate Stock
3) Bolt/Lever Action
4) Maxing out at 44Mag if a pistol caliber or .308 if a rifle caliber
New or used is ok, iron sights would be nice just to offset an immediate scope cost, as long as the cost/round is reasonable I’ll consider it being as it won’t be used as often
This is just a fun gun for me, I currently don’t hunt and I don’t need it to be sub-MOA (I’m not that good yet anyways). Shooting is a stress outlet for me, so as long as I’m having fun I tend to be happy with the purchase.
At the moment, here are the current leading thoughts:
-Ruger American Rimfire Target
-CZ 455 American (22/17) Combo
-Henry Big Boy in 44Mag or 30-30
What I would like are some options in other common calibers that I could look into. What would be a good bolt action choice that meet the above criteria? What other calibers should I look into (17HMR, .223, .243, etc)?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options out there!