Caliber Suggestions

Originally Posted by Hunting Man

You should be able to locate a remington model 700 and a scope (used in great condition) for $500.

i think i'm with hm on this point. i'd rather buy a used 700 or ruger 77, than a new lesser rifle, like the 710 or the mossberg. my neighbor bought a 700 bdl in 308 for $350 with half decent glass on it. heck of a deal. so these guns are out there. there is a reason they are cheaper. the old adage "you get what you pay for" definitely applies here. do they work? most of the time. do they hold their value? nope. do they use half decent glass? not in my opinion. that said if thats the best you can afford then thats the best choice.

[WisconsinDeer]

Originally Posted by rdrader2002

Have a Savage model 111 in .270 and it works great on deer here in Texas. My father-in-law used a lever action .270 (forgot manufacture and model) for decades in the mountains above Boulder for anything from deer to elk. He still has that rifle and it's in great shape. Would hate to be on the other end of that thing if he ever got mad at me for marrying his daughter<grin>(even though we celebrated 30 yrs together this week).

Could that lever action .270 be a Browning BLR perhaps? Does it have a detachable magazine?

[Karl.Luhr]

I know that I would rather buy new over used, but good points are made about a used one. Picking up a Remington M700, Ruger 77, or Winchester 70 used is much less then the cost for a new one. I beleave the above all cost between 650.xx to 850.xx at retail price. Cruising a gunshow a lucky person might get one at the price the other post said in the 350-400 range. I wouldn't expect much in the way of a quality scope already on it. I did see some great deals when Ruger brought out their new hawkeye series M77, the originals were sold a quite a discount. I saw the same thing a could of years ago, Remington M700 ADLs were sold under 400.xx
after the SPS line took over from the ADL models.

Karl

the gun shows i've been to, around here, the guns are cheaper at the shop, which is strange no doubt. whats that new tc that i saw advertised reminded me of the sps line.

[onehorse]

Originally Posted by ronn

the gun shows i've been to, around here, the guns are cheaper at the shop, which is strange no doubt. whats that new tc that i saw advertised reminded me of the sps line.

That's true here, too, Ronn. You can get used stuff at gun shows for a wide range of prices, but for new guns, the local shops usually have better prices, and if you do your shopping ahead of time and know what you want, occasionally you can get a real smokin' deal when the shops have sales. I've done this several times as one of the shops always has big reductions in prices around Christmas and the end of the year. One deal, in particular, was a $1400 Benelli shotgun that I got for just a little over $1000.

[Hunting Man]

Here too, the shows seem to add 15-20% mark up.

maybe if your looking for some old and antiquated, like a cloudy old redfield widefield (grinning widely), gun shows are suppose to be a good place to look.

[Hunting Man]

Here I thought it was these old eyes that was the problem!

[rdrader2002]

Originally Posted by WisconsinDeer

Could that lever action .270 be a Browning BLR perhaps? Does it have a detachable magazine?

My mistake on the caliber. After thinking about it for a while (and verifying in the Blue Book), it's a Savage Model 99 in .300 Savage.

Have a Remington Model 81 in .300 Savage that my grandfather probably purchased about the same time that my father-in-law bought the Savage 99. Haven't tried using it yet, but do plan on rectifying that this fall. :-D

He (father-in-law) has a bolt action .270 that I fired years ago and can't remember make/model on that one either. Would have to call him to have memory banks refilled. Sorry for the confusion. I'm claiming CRS. That's my story and I'm st . . . st . . . sticking to it!

[Hunting Man]

300 sav is still a great deer getter, I still hunt with my model 99.