Need a suggestion for a hunting rifle.?

Question

Been getting interested in hunting and I was looking at a Remington 700 with a synthetic stock chambered in either .30-06 or .308 . I also need a suggestion for a good scope. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Either round will get the job done, as both have taken any and all big game in the North America, as well as the "Big 5" on African Safari.
Not only that, but either one is economical, as well, as there are many sources of military surplus ammo for practice, that are just as accurate as the soft-point hunting loads for business in the field. If you haven't already, you could very inexpensively set up a reloading system to reload saved brass,as a lot of military cases are Boxer primed and reusable, and you can even load your own custom formulated hunting loads, as I have done for years.
As to choices in 'scopes, two excellent sources are MidwayUSA.com and GunBroker.com

Answer 2

I love this area. there are no wrong answers. Only opinions, you just asked a real doozy. You are going to get some far ranging answers. here is mine.

For .308 or .30-06, my opinion for a scope is a tried and true 3X9X40 or 3x9x44 . Get a good quality scope like Bushnell, Nikon, or Leupold. Although there are plenty others out there. They give you good value for your money and offer good optics. You can get a good scope for under $200. If money is no object go up to a Leica or Swarovski. You won't be dispoainted. Don't go overboard in terms of magnification. It is a temptation that is hard to resist. Those higher power scoped are often bought as insurance on making long range shots. Looking at something through a 24X scope is not easy. Even the slightest movements seem like convulsions. Spend more time practicing with the the smaller scope and you will have teh confidence and the skill to place that shot when the time comes. That is the most inmportant thing after all.

Don't overlook the mounts. They are as important as the scope.

Practice practice practice. And use good bullets.

Answer 3

The Remington 770 is the worst of the 'economic device' rifles. what's unhappy is that it somewhat is extra advantageous than the Remington 710 and 715. the actuality of those rifles is that Walmart performed a great section in Remington making those weapons. in fact Walmart needed a remington rifle at a cost remington could not make then gun for. So Walmart coated up a various rifle corporation that replaced into small and made low-priced rifles, then had Remington purchase it so they could stamp Remington on the gun. This replaced into the 710 and 715, and replaced right into a disaster. They heavily better it and it became the Remington 770, which on an analogous time as extra advantageous continues to be a bad rifle. the main precise economic device rifle is the Stevens 2 hundred. It has the terrific barrel, and a great set off. It additionally has the ugliest inventory (yet that may not rely to you) and a rather skinny turn away pad. next up i might say may be the Marlin X7 series. It has an inferior barrel (yet nonetheless a extra advantageous barrel than ninety 5% of hunters can tournament) yet a extra advantageous inventory and turn away pad.

Answer 4

My little brother does nearly as well with his Rem 700 in 30-06 as I do with a dozen small-bore rifles in the 6 to 8 mm range, and he and it have done so for forty years. It would make no sense to put a really cheap scope on such a rifle, and there's really no reason to spend more on optics than on the rifle itself. My default position on these, though I have several others, is the Leupold VariX II in 2-7x.

Answer 5

You have not spoken to the issue of economy; perhaps this is not a consideration for you. If I had no rifle and contemplated hunting, I think I would buy my first hunting-caliber rifle again for its economy, simplicity, versatility, and modifiability.

It's an SKS, an old Russian (Soviet-era) design which fires a .30 cal round (7.62x39mm), and can be fitted with a scope by replacing the receiver cover with a $20 replacement that includes scope rings, without gunsmithing.

Answer 6

Those are both great rounds, but it depends what you are hunting. If you're just after smaller big game, deer and smaller a .270 would probably be your best bet. All around though, the 30.06 is probably premier.

Answer 7

It would help if you specified what you were hunting and where you would hunt it.

for instance, for deer in the northeast, you want a shotgun (hills with thick forests), while in the midwest, you'd want a long range rifle (flat, open spaces).