Looking to buy my first bolt action rifle

[Mtank79]

For your budget take a hard look at eurooptics. Lots of good options on sale. They have the Bergara premiere mountain rifle on sale. Price depends on caliber but a 6.5 prc is $1349. Comes with a AG carbon stock & weighs 6.4 ish. If want a CA Ridgeline or Ridgeline FFT eurooptic has some calibers on sale. CA has a bad rep on here but most of them it’s from a few years ago or there’s brothers cousins uncle’s girlfriends best friends boyfriend had one that they said was junk. I had a 6.5 prc ridgeline only sold it because they guy said yes to what I thought was a high price. It shot great , never had the first issue, currently have a 7 PRC ridgeline & again it shoots lights out & never the first hiccup. If you haven’t already check out the scope drop test evals on here.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

That sucks,I have been eyeballing the ph2s for over a year. You’re the second person in less than 2 weeks say they had to send an element back. Guess I’ll stick with ridgelines

I fixed my element today, I’ll give you a great deal on it if you’re interested.

 

[Mtank79]

I fixed my element today, I’ll give you a great deal on it if you’re interested.

After your glowing review of it I think I’ll stick with my CA ridgelines.

 

[JAC8504]

What’s the best bang for your buck for factory rifles under 3000usd (have not idea on the processs of a custom build so haven’t looked at that route) would be primarily for hunting open plains /rolling hills in Saskatchewan on anything from moose to pronghorn thinking of a 7mm prc ideally but open to options seems like every major hun from Begara to fierce has a thread about how bad they are so kinda getting lost

I’d get:
Zermatt ti action
Bartlein carbon fiber barrel (chambered for 7prc)
MDT HNT26

Add:
20 MOA rail
Seekins rings (30mm - medium)
Maven RS 1.2

 

[JAC8504]

At $3k you’re at semi-custom pricing and the world is your oyster.

GCP in Venice FL
Preece Precision in UT
Masterpiece Arms in GA

All of them will make you a 30+ round sub 1-moa gun.

No factory gun manufacturer will promise you that.

I dk, GAP Precision has some production guns that easily go 1/2 MOA

 

[pacoalcracker]

First, my 2 CA Ridgeline FFT TI rifles shoot absolutely great, weigh just 5 and 5.2 pounds and have no issues whatsoever with them. 308 and 7PRC. Second, to pay near a grand for a Tikka only to have to spend another grand to make it something decent. Nah, not worth it to me. A lot of money and you still have a Tikka. Seekins...way over-rated and also pretty expensive and heavier than I like. I'm looking at the Savage Ultra-Lightweight Elite chassis folder for my next rifle...around 2800-2900 bucks and has a lot to offer. Well under 6 pounds. Either 6.5PRC or 300WSM, however they do have it chambered in 7PRC as well but have not seen one yet, amongst 6.5CM, 308, 300WM and a few others. Might also want to scour the gun classifieds here too as there are always real nice semi and full customs listed. As for a nice LR scope, I have a NF NXS 5.5x22x50 on my CA 7PRC with a NF NXS 2.5x10x42 for a back-up in the same scope ring set-up. Yeah, Form got to me. As another stated, look at the drop tests Form has done. It changed my mind for a LR scope. I still like and won't trash my Leupold scopes though as they have served me well for decades and have one on the CA 308 for Pa wooded mountains deer hunting. No need to rush, think things thru and buy once, cry once.

 

[rem243man]

don't buy rem 700 alpha

 

[Maki35]

Sako rifle in 7prc