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YOU MONSTER!!!!!
I think I'll order another one so theres no doubting the hate.He hates kids, apparently.
YOU MONSTER!!!!!
I think I'll order another one so theres no doubting the hate.He hates kids, apparently.
I got the one with the Viking stamped lower.Nice, not familiar with their full builds but Spikes does have some really cool custom lowers
I got the one with the Viking stamped lower.
You can send me one if you want, I'll fight the good fight.I think I'll order another one so theres no doubting the hate.
In all seriousness, I bought my 2 sons each an AR-15 and 2 lowers and I keep them in my safe. The lowers were like 45 bucks, and the complete AR was like 499.00....I mean, how can you beat that?You can send me one if you want, I'll fight the good fight.
I'm not far behind you, I've also been getting the 60rnd and up drum mags when I find them in stockI also have stockpiled 30 round mags. I'm up to 75 right now.
Both are great guns. Out of the box accuracy is top notch on either one. However, if you are at all interested in customizing (say a new stock, action accurizing, etc) you will find a lot more options and it will be a ton cheaper on the Savage.Ok, hunting rifle question. Anyone ever shot a Tikka and if so what were your thoughts. I'm going to buy a new rifle in 7mm Rem Mag and not sure if I want a Tikka or Savage like the 111 Long Range Hunter.
Solid logic.I looked at a custom builder here in town called Alamo Precision. They do really good work. A standard custom they build off the Rem 700 action starts at $1900. It's a nice gun as is, but I don't know that I need that to shoot an elk or deer. The 15 year old uncustomized 700ADL I have does that fine. But, I do want another to put the Burris Illuminator III 4x16 50mm that I'm gonna buy on. Therefore, for the money, I was looking at one of those. $7-900 for the rifle, $1400 for the scope, and Elk in the freezer!
You monster.Solid logic.
I decided to go the customized route back in 2007 because I was shooting out to 500 yards on some of my hunts and also wanted some different attachment points for bipods and stuff like that.
Then it became about weight. The Rem 700 actions have a lot of guys building stocks for them.
The rifle in the pic weighs in at 6 pounds bare and is chambered in 280 AI. It has the same energy at 600 yards as any of the magnums with about 25% less recoil. I took an elk in CO at 488 yards with it off a Trigger Stick tripod.
But to answer your question again, I prefer the Savage because of its accuracy.
280 AI is not a round I'm familiar with. All the guys in my group shoot 300 WM. I like my 7mm Rem Mag. I took my deer at 175 and he jumped, did a flip and DRT. My elk I got at 375. With my Dead Air Sandman TI shooting 175 grains, it shoots like a 243.Solid logic.
I decided to go the customized route back in 2007 because I was shooting out to 500 yards on some of my hunts and also wanted some different attachment points for bipods and stuff like that.
Then it became about weight. The Rem 700 actions have a lot of guys building stocks for them.
The rifle in the pic weighs in at 6 pounds bare and is chambered in 280 AI. It has the same energy at 600 yards as any of the magnums with about 25% less recoil. I took an elk in CO at 488 yards with it off a Trigger Stick tripod.
But to answer your question again, I prefer the Savage because of its accuracy.
Honestly, I think too many guys get caught up in caliber and the bigger is better theory.280 AI is not a round I'm familiar with. All the guys in my group shoot 300 WM. I like my 7mm Rem Mag. I took my deer at 175 and he jumped, did a flip and DRT. My elk I got at 375. With my Dead Air Sandman TI shooting 175 grains, it shoots like a 243.
Oh yeah, well I killed a rabbit in my back yard last night with a pellet gun. Top that.I just killed a 404 pound Red Stag at 296 yards with a 150 grain .308 Hornady Superformance Ballistic tip.
That one was in NW Texas.Wow, nice animal.Where was that hunt at?
Oh yeah, well I killed a rabbit in my back yard last night with a pellet gun. Top that.
In all fairness, I had to shoot it 3 times to kill it.