BerBer5985
Active Member
I've been doing some research and I'd love to buy/build a new rifle for hunting and target. I have .22s and 5.56 AR and a few 30-30 lever actions and a mosin and a bolt 30-30. But I want to buy a good medium-long range rifle based off the new tactical trend, but I suffer with caliber? I'd like to find a good jack of all trade caliber in a tactical style bolt action rifle for $1000 or less. I'm thinking somewhere in the savage model 10-12, Remington 700, or the like, but I'm struggling with what caliber to be looking for. Here's my criteria, I'd love a jack of all trades caliber capable of taking wild boar to larger game such as elk or bear if I decided to. I don't want to under buy on a caliber and I don't want to overbuy either. I know there are a lot of give and take but I keep thinking that a typical .308 would prObably suit my needs, but what about 6.5 creedmore or 300 win mag, or even 30-06. In most cases it would be for local deer but I have family that live in tn as well as wv and Louisiana so I'd love a good accurate "jack of all trades" caliber for those times. It also wouldn't hurt to have a caliber where they sell factory threaded barrels as well because I've been interested in suppressors lately, although I'd give up that capability for a superior round. There's just so many calibers to pick from!
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