Dream elk rifle setup with $4k budget

[slowS4]

What would be your dream/ideal elk hunting rifle setup with a 4k budget. This includes rifle, glass, and a can. It would probably end up being 1500ish for rifle, 1500ish for the can + stamp. And then 1000 + left overs for glass.

 

[eoperator]

Um tikka rokstock build 6.5prc ~$3000
Maven rs 1.2 $1200
Diligentdefense sti $750

Sorry about $ inflation is a bitch

 

[Macintosh]

Me personally, Id probably agonize over the scope more than the rifle or can. My personal “dream” rifle is a S&B klassik 3-12x42 scope on a stainless T3x in an alterra stock. In whatever your cartridge of choice is, add a can and you are right around your budget. If you need a aftermarket barrel I’d skimp on that before the glass, you can always get a barrel spun on at any point in the future.

 

[westslopelaker]

Kimber Adirondack in 308, TBAC ultra 7 and swaro z5 (maybe used for 1k)

 

[Afhunter1]

Seekins havak 7prc
30cal ultra 7
2-10 NXS
Hawkins rings

 

[Snowwolfe]

Weatherby Mark V in 340 Weatherby for the rifle

 

[Jon Boy]

Any tikka you want with a night force on top. Ditch the can.


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[HandgunHTR]

Tikka T3x in 300WSM = $900 (https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1011291546)
RokStok = $549
Cut barrel to 20" and thread 5/8-24 with collar = $225 (with shipping)
UM Tikka rings = $130
Nightforce SHV 4-14X50 F1 or Maven R1.2 Mil = $1200
SilencerCo Harvester Evo = $800 (with stamp)

You are looking at just over $3800 for that set-up. Depending on tax and FFL fees, probably right around $4000 when all is said and done.

 

[hereinaz]

My rifle system as is.

Nucleus, TT special, Stocky’s VG2 in 25sst 21” suppressed with Ultra 7 topped with 3.6-18 MK 5

 

[BigSky]

Seekins Havak PH2 7MM Remington Magnum with Bushnell LRTS 3-12X44.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

@slowS4
What is your current rifle setup?
What is your bino/spotting scope/tripod setup?

I ask because chances are your current rifle is an elk rifle. Whereas you cannot kill elk if you cannot find elk. Good optics can substantially help you find more animals. Which leads to more animals dying. The cost of my optic setup dwarfs the cost of my weapon. Hike to vantage points and glass. Rinse and repeat until you find them. Walking blindly through the woods in hopes of stumbling on them is for the birds. Let your eyes do the walking for you.

My rifle of choice when I hit the woods is a Steyr Pro Hunter 7RM, SWFA 3-9, Warne Mountain Tech rings. I am shooting 162gr ELD-M bullets.

For a factory rifle I would buy one of the following in 7RM or 7prc.
Steyr
Tikka
Seekins
Currently the only company of those three that offers a 7prc is Seekins.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Dream and Ideal are kind of two different things. I go for utility over just cost, tikka 6.5 prc or cm stainless: 750 + cut and thread to 17/18” so 900 ish

Trijicon credo 2.15-15 + rings 1000, so you are in for 1900, another grand for a can+stamp, could go 1200 and get a sico ti, or dead air nomad ti… so all set for 2900-3100, plus tax of course, leaves 900 for buying ammo

 

[Mountainrancher]

Tikka t3x stainless in 6.5 cm 900
Um tikka rings 130
Rokstock 600
Trijicon tenmile 3-18 1400
Puts you a little over 3000 with tax
I have no experience with suppressors but it leaves you plenty to get the tikka threaded and buy a can. If not spend the rest on ammo and shoot it a bunch. Unless you’re a legit shooter with the necessity and skill to shoot past 500 (which I am not) there is no reason to go bigger or more expensive imo.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

-Tikka t3x 30-06 - 850
-barrel cut to 18” and collard for 5/8x24dt 150.00
-back ultra 7 and stamp - 1300
-nightforce shv 3-10 - 1000
- sportsmatch to84 - 70

Less than 3400.00

 

[jimh406]

I'm not sure I can build my dream Elk setup for $4K with suppressor. However, I think I'd consider a Howa Superlite (6.5, 7mm-08, or 308), Banish Backcountry, EGW rings, and the rest on the brand of scope you like with what's left for the expected range you intend to hunt.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I'm not sure I can build my dream Elk setup for $4K with suppressor. However, I think I'd consider a Howa Superlite (6.5, 7mm-08, or 308), Banish Backcountry, EGW rings, and the rest on the brand of scope you like with what's left for the expected range you intend to hunt.

My banish 30 is on its way back for warranty work. I’d recommend not buying a banish.

 

[jimh406]

My banish 30 is on its way back for warranty work. I’d recommend not buying a banish.

So, you don’t want to buy a product that has a warranty. What did you do to damage it?

What should OP buy instead?

 

[Ecampbell25]

-Tikka t3x 30-06 - 850
-barrel cut to 18” and collard for 5/8x24dt 150.00
-back ultra 7 and stamp - 1300
-nightforce shv 3-10 - 1000
- sportsmatch to84 - 70

Less than 3400.00

This is a great set up! This would be a great rifle if you just had one rifle to hunt with for the rest of your life.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

So, you don’t want to buy a product that has a warranty. What did you do to damage it?

What should OP buy instead?

-thunderbeast
-silencer co
-AB
-cgs

To name a few.

As to the damage to the banish 30, I didn’t do anything I wouldn’t do to any other silencer. There is something rattling around inside of it and the end cap is seized on even though I followed the exact instructions with the thing.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

This is a great set up! This would be a great rifle if you just had one rifle to hunt with for the rest of your life.

That was the idea. It’s a great setup.