Take a look at Savage 308's. Accurate, reasonable and the ammo can be gotten from surplus sellers
rebelgtp wrote: I live in the sticks, the only book store we have local is in a small house that has a couple rooms converted over to being a book store lol. I can check Walmart and some of the other places see if I can find a Shotgun news.
http://www.shotgunnews.com/
looking at the hi-point 9, i have an idea where my next pay check is going, and at 1/4 the price of the beretta Cx4.
I have a HP carbine in 9mm. Great rifle, really, and surprisingly accurate. I put the aftermarket CX4 lookalike stock on it and have had some problems with it, I've had to do a lot of filing on the plastic by the action so it would fir and not rub or bind. As ugly as they are, the original stock is hard to beat. Have fun.
I also picked up a Winchester model made under license by Sears Roebuck for $180, 30-30, carbine size, holds six instead of seven rounds, great gun. Got it at a pawn shop.
+96 on Swedish Mausers! I got mine for $59.95, but that was quite a while back. It was a tackdriver until I finally shot the bore out in NRA High Power Rifle competition.
My son recenly bought a M91/32 Mosin Nagant, and is quite happy with it. I respect it, but would prefer a cartridge with better selection of factory ammo and better availability of components. For the money, it's a lot of rifle.
Warning! Some of the long surplus bolt actions are not sportscar friendly! You might want to see what the longest 2X6 you could fit in the trunk or behind the seat, then measure the rifles as you shop.
I generally prefer more common cartridges, preferably some that are loaded in some form by the larger American ammunition companies. What's on the shelf at your local stores, or on the tables at gun shows?
If you want to shoot more, consider handloading, starting with a Lee Loader. Once you have a basic load of surplus ammo (often steel case, corrosive Berdan primed), start looking for reloadable brass. As a practical matter, that means boxer primed brass cases. Working with Berdan primers is a PITA. Slug the bore, shop for bullets, powder, primers. Metal prices are way too high right now, and US surplus brass is going to dry up.
slantvaliant wrote: Warning! Some of the long surplus bolt actions are not sportscar friendly! You might want to see what the longest 2X6 you could fit in the trunk or behind the seat, then measure the rifles as you shop.
Good warning however I am without a "sports car" at this point. Right now the main rigs are the Ram 1500 truck and my '80 Olds Cutlass project car. Oddly enough an old surplus rifle just kinda "fit" with either of those.
Dr. Hess wrote: Uh, Buy Now before it's Illegal.
I commend your restraint Hess.
Buy an SKS. You can find 7.62x39 all day long at most any gun shop. Also, if you get an AK later they eat the same bullets.
If you're going for some deer or bigger an SKS may not have enough ass to take those animals cleanly. I'm not a hunter so listen to guys who've plugged deer first.
Always liked the lever action stuff too. It's fun and a classic design. The '65 Mustang of the rifle world.
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