Quality 7mm-08 for $1500?

[ssramage]

Looking to pickup a new whitetail rifle for GA hunting. Want a 7mm-08, not overly heavy, sub-moa and quality (i.e. good enough to pass down to my kids one day). $1500ish budget but could stretch if I wanted. Will likely pair with a Leupold VX5.

Suggestions on what to look at (new or used)?

 

[Silvereagle50]

Man. Tons of options here. Good luck with your search.


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[ssramage]

Man. Tons of options here. Good luck with your search.


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Ha. That's why I'm having a hard time narrowing it down!

 

[Forest]

Tons of good options for sure. First couple that come to thought would be Christensen Mesa, winchester model 70ew, and of course tikka is never a bad choice.

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[Silvereagle50]

I absolutely love my Remington 700 Mtn Rifle in 7-08. Easy handling, fairly lightweight and old school wood/blue look.
I also agree with Forest above in listing that CA Mesa first. Never had one, but the Tikka would be a great option as well. I'm sure that Winchester would be great to, but I just don't care for their 3 position wing style safety. JMO on that though. nothing wrong with them.

 

[BjornF16]

Weatherby Vanguard or a Tikka, then put a new stock on it. I put my Tikkas in Allterra Arms

 

[Ondavirg]

My tikka 7-08 is the most accurate rifle I own, but one day I will own a wood stocked Sako 7-08.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Here you go:

Cooper Model 54 Jackson Hunter 7mm-08 w/ 3-15x50 Scope Threaded Barrel - Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com : 907892648

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[ramsdude47]

You need to outline your priorities better to get a good recommendation. For me a nice stock is a priority, hence I would opt for something like a Kimber Select Classic (308 as 7mm-08 isn’t an option). Some may want a carbon barrel and go with a Savage Ultralight. Hard to beat a Tikka for a smooth action.

Most rifles nowadays are sub-moa, even a lowly Ruger American / Savage Axis.

 

[ssramage]

I absolutely love my Remington 700 Mtn Rifle in 7-08. Easy handling, fairly lightweight and old school wood/blue look.
I also agree with Forest above in listing that CA Mesa first. Never had one, but the Tikka would be a great option as well. I'm sure that Winchester would be great to, but I just don't care for their 3 position wing style safety. JMO on that though. nothing wrong with them.

I've owned one of these before actually. Loved the rifle and sold it. One of the ones I kick myself for.

Here you go:

Cooper Model 54 Jackson Hunter 7mm-08 w/ 3-15x50 Scope Threaded Barrel - Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com : 907892648

Buy Cooper Model 54 Jackson Hunter 7mm-08 w/ 3-15x50 Scope Threaded Barrel: GunBroker is the largest seller of Bolt Action Rifles Rifles Guns & Firearms All: 907892648

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That one is on my watchlist but I doubt it'll stay down there in my range.

 

[redcorn65]

I’ve been eying a kimber in 7mm-08

 

[Lxhuntinpa]

Sako Finnlight, Kimber Montana, Remington mountain lss (if you can find one), Christensen Mesa, Browning x-bolt

 

[Truaxdw]

Browning xbolt hells canyon speed

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Hard to beat Sako as a hand-me-down.

 

[MuleyFever]

I will go against the grain and say dont buy a Tikka. While they are great and you will find many people have great luck with them the 7mm-08 appears to be a hit or miss caliber with them.

Tikka T3x superlite 7mm-08 accuracy issues

Bought a new tikka about a month ago love the gun and how light it is but for the life of me I cannot get it to shoot at their 1 MOA guarantee, most groups are 1-1/2 to 3 inch groups every once in awhile I will get a group close to MOA but its rare, I let the gun cool down between groups I have...

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[River rat23]

Looking to pickup a new whitetail rifle for GA hunting. Want a 7mm-08, not overly heavy, sub-moa and quality (i.e. good enough to pass down to my kids one day). $1500ish budget but could stretch if I wanted. Will likely pair with a Leupold VX5.

Suggestions on what to look at (new or used)?

I picked up a Kimber Adirondack in 7mm-08 a couple years ago. I threw a leupold 4-12 on it, just because I had 1 laying around. Worked up a batch of reloads and it's shooting sub moa. It's nice and light. Easy to carry around. The barrel does heat up quickly. If you want to shoot it a ton , maybe go a different route. Otherwise, I have absolutely no complaints. I've only shot out to 300 yards with it, but if I do my part, it shoots very well. No complaints. Will be suppressing it later this year as well. Best of luck whatever route you go. Cheers

 

[Newtosavage]

Looking to pickup a new whitetail rifle for GA hunting. Want a 7mm-08, not overly heavy, sub-moa and quality (i.e. good enough to pass down to my kids one day). $1500ish budget but could stretch if I wanted. Will likely pair with a Leupold VX5.

Suggestions on what to look at (new or used)?

I was going to recommend a few until I read "pass down to my kids one day" and then my list got real short.
Winchester M70 featherweight
Browning x-bolt
Remington model 7

Any of those should be worthy family keepsakes but for my money, the Winchester would be tops on that list.

 

[ssramage]

I was going to recommend a few until I read "pass down to my kids one day" and then my list got real short.
Winchester M70 featherweight
Browning x-bolt
Remington model 7

Any of those should be worthy family keepsakes but for my money, the Winchester would be tops on that list.

Thanks. I've bought/sold/traded a bunch of guns that I never should have, just to do it. I'm now recognizing that buying quality, and something that I can pass to my kids one day, is more important than just constantly horse trading. I've never owned a Winchester but am leaning heavily towards the Extreme Weather based on comments here and elsewhere.

 

[Newtosavage]

Thanks. I've bought/sold/traded a bunch of guns that I never should have, just to do it. I'm now recognizing that buying quality, and something that I can pass to my kids one day, is more important than just constantly horse trading. I've never owned a Winchester but am leaning heavily towards the Extreme Weather based on comments here and elsewhere.

That would be a good choice. If you want stainless, Remington makes a good model 7 all-weather and their old synthetic mountain rifle was pretty nice too but I'm not sure they make those anymore. I had a chance to buy a stainless Remington mountain rifle in .280 Rem a few years back and still kick myself for not buying it. I'll probably never see another in my lifetime and certainly not a new one.

Personally, I'm a Winchester fan when it comes to handing down firearms. My son will get my pre-64 model 94 30-30 and my daughter is getting a model 57 Winchester bolt action .22 from me. They have already claimed them. LOL

 

[amassi]

Maybe someone has a fieldcraft In 7-08 they're willing to part with. That would be my first choice

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