Quilly

like you all know lately i have been doing my homework for my next purchase. it has come down to several calibers . it is ashame some that i wanted to get i had to turn away from due to either remington and ruger only chambering them or that the gun' s feeling awkward in my hands.
i have been out of work due to back surgery and have decided to got out with my girlfriend to get out of the house. i am thinking about getting a new gun tommorrow and hopefully will return home with one.
now i am leaning twards these calibers....

A-bolt composite stalker 25-06rem

A-bolt hunter 7mm-08rem

Ruger international 308win

win sporter LT. / compact 7mm-08rem.

unfortunatly there are others but they either did not fit me or did not come in a gun i liked or has iron sights.

neweboarhunter

The A-bolt comp stalker in 25-06 would make a great pronghorn rig. The Ruger International chambered in .308 would make an awesome woods rifle. The A-bolt hunter and Win Lt Sptr Compact both in 7mm-08 should be superb do-all rig for medium to large non-dangerous game out to 300-350 yards.

halcon

Quilly I was looking at a Browning Stalker at a gunshow today and it is a nice rifle . I thought about buying it but didn' t raise my hand quick enough . What do they normally go for anyway . This one they had was new and went for $425.00 which seemed pretty reasonable to me .

Quilly

Halcon...

if will be used for deer and if i get a chance black bear. it seems that you guys are the only ones that seem to want to give me your advice and i thank you both for it.
i really wanted i ruger mark II ultra light in 257roberts but decided against it after i would have to spend more $$ putting a new trigger into it and glass baedding the barrel. there also was the 260rem but did not like the ruger compact and the remington model 7 ( will never buy a rem again ! )
but i decided on not going up today due to me ripping stiches in my back last night while sleeping. but i am goning up this week sometime.

does anyone know if i can install iron sights on a browning? i am thinking of the composite stalker in 25-06rem.

TREEDOG

A bolt hunter 7mm-08. would love it out here, great deer round and easy to pack around.[8D]

neweboarhunter

How' s come?, say it ain' t so[] Also the ruger compact has only a 16.5" barrel seems about 1.5" -2.5" short even for a woods rifle.

Quilly

the ruger compact' s don' t feel right when i shoulder them. maybe it is the stock length. too small for me.

bigbulls

I think I would opt for the A-Bolt or the Winchester in 7mm-08. Great round in great rifles. I like the shorter bolt throw and three lug bolt on the Browning but I have always really liked Winchesters. They allways seem to just work.

By the way Quilly, I' ll never buy another Remington either. Had a 7600 once and traded it on a Ruger M77 7mm mag. Bought a 597 .22LR and have had problems with it ever since I bought it. Called Remington and after the crap service they gave and the way this rifle functions, or doesn' t function, they won' t be getting any more of my money. It only takes one time!

Quilly

i am down to the ruger international in 243win. or the A-bolt composite stalker in 25-06rem and the BLR 81 in 358win.
atleast the ruger and the BLR have iron sights.

halcon

Quilly you must be looking over my shoulder ,the guns you like are the ones I like too . I bought a Ruger #1 RSI with the full stock in 243 Win today along with a Winchester model 70 FW Classic in 6.5X55 . I think I got a pretty good deal , I paid $ 400 for the #1 and $325.00 for the model 70 . They were both new in the box . It might take me awhile to get out of the dog house but I just had a weak moment . LOL Halcon