Most accurate hunting rifle out of the box

[Raythemanroe]

I get the Tikka, but "Salvage" the most accurate rifles "out of the box"....LOL...


Ray

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I get the Tikka, but "Salvage" the most accurate rifles "out of the box"....LOL...


Ray

Some live a sheltered life ray. Take a salvage and a browning and a remington 742- salvage wins everytime.

 

[people]

Some live a sheltered life ray. Take a salvage and a browning and a remington 742- salvage wins everytime.

Some do lead sheltered lives. Some of us just go with what we know. I never held a tikka rifle. So there is that. The AI was brought up while an excellent rifle it is not what most would call a hunting rifle as the OP asked about.

 

[JamesnTN]

Some live a sheltered life ray. Take a salvage and a browning and a remington 742- salvage wins everytime.

Some do lead sheltered lives. Some of us just go with what we know. I never held a tikka rifle. So there is that. The AI was brought up while an excellent rifle it is not what most would call a hunting rifle as the OP asked about.

I mentioned the AI only because a poster said he would take his Savage against any rifle shot for shot on any rifle mentioned. So I kindly called him on it against one of my AI rifles.

 

[stacy]

AND I STILL WILL I'VE BEEN BEAT BEFORE HUNTING TO HUNTING RIFLE IT WILL SHOOT WITH ANYONE OF THEM

 

[people]

I mentioned the AI only because a poster said he would take his Savage against any rifle shot for shot on any rifle mentioned. So I kindly called him on it against one of my AI rifles.

I totally agree and know where you were coming from.

 

[LHSmith]

Tikka. Savage accuracy is better only IF you get one of their good barrels. With them it's a crap-shoot. Then there is that Accu-trigger to deal with.

 

[bcott]

Blaser R8 Professional, 223Rem, 6.5x55SE , 9.3x62M. Not altered, just factory to me. Put a scope on and shoot. Carl L.

 

[Racebannon3855]

T/C Venture. Yes it is ugly, Yes the bolt does not feel like a well used pre-64 Model 70....

I have been around a half dozen of them, put a Leupold on it with good mounts and they are fantastic. No Modifications, No floating, No Bedding, Just Shooting!

 

[Jaybo]

Most definitely would be a savage

 

[Frankr]

The savages I have owned have shot great..I like the Kimber's when the 8400 first came out and the short Mags were kind of still new I bought a classic in 270 win and a select grade in 300 WSM both of them rifles with handloads would shoot 3 shots in a hole at 100 yards..I sold the short mag but still have the 270. About 2 years ago I bought a Kimber 84M special select in 257 Roberts and I could not get it to shoot at all tried everything. I was going to call but the rifle was a stunning beauty so I just took my loss and sold it. I am going to buy another Kimber. I just sold a savage model 10 predator Hunter in 6.5 Creedmoore that would shoot 5 shots at 100 yards .300..The savages are great shooters.

 

[xpilot]

Tikka

 

[pogson]

which out of the box rifle is the most accurate for hunting western game? Mule deer & Elk. Will hand load,also will accurize by bedding action and floating barrel.

I haven't bought a new rifle in ages. Haven't needed that. COTS (consumer off the shelf) rifles I've owned since the 1970s can all shoot sub-MOA: 222, 308, 7mm Rem Mag... There was one devil, though. The 7mm Rem Mag did not shoot well for decades. I tried two name-brand scopes and bedding. I was very disappointed. Along came a new generation of shooter, my son... He shoots well and has great eyes and steady hands but he removed the Weaver T-16 scope and put on a $150 Chinese scope and gave me an electronic powder scale. I make the ammunition... Well, it shoots 0.3MOA now.

So, IMHO, the makers can and do ship rather accurate rifles to consumers. The choice you have should not be just about make/model but scope, appearance, calibre, stuff that you care about. The accuracy should be there. You just have to find it.

I have seen one exception to my conclusion. A 22RF Savage never shot well despite all kinds of fussing, every kind of ammunition and ~1000 shots fired at targets. It just won't hold a group. It's barely good enough for shooting rabbits at 100 yards, let alone gophers. Folks I know who've bought Weatherby, Savage, Ruger, Remington, CZ and Winchesters have all been very happy, even with commercial ammunition. Tuned ammunition/barrels can make a lot of these into tack-drivers with no other modification. The 7mm RM in question likes my handloads but it also drives tacks with Win and Rem retail ammunition.

 

[Flouncer]

T/C Venture. Yes it is ugly, Yes the bolt does not feel like a well used pre-64 Model 70....

I have been around a half dozen of them, put a Leupold on it with good mounts and they are fantastic. No Modifications, No floating, No Bedding, Just Shooting!

Good to hear this !!!

 

[Quackhead69]

HUH? Nobody shooting a Howa Precision Rifles? Aw, man...A 20", .825" dia, 1:10 twist(.308 Win.) hand lapped CHF barrel mated to a machined flat based action loaded factory with a sweet 2 stage trigger and smooth as silk operation..Paid $550 for the rifle, tossed the Hogue floppystock and dropped it right into a B&C Mk 2, no bedding or anything..just 2 screws torqued to specs...

The last pic is a 5 shot group in the forehead and a 4 shot group between the eyes, all shots at 100 meters. FC brass, CCI 200, 178 gn A-Max & IMR4064.

 

[Stormbringer]

TC Venture or Tikka. I have owned both (still own a TC Venture 204 Ruger w/10 twist barrel). Both benefit from the closed bridge stiff receiver design. Savage would be the third pick.

Mike.

 

[SDDasher]

Tikka T3

300 yd 6" gong with 260 AI 130 Berger Hunting bullet.

 

[carnivore]

In my experience, Savage is the most accurate rifle "out of the box" on a blue collar budget.

 

[Fire306]

I haven't shot a bad shooting Sako yet. Pay a little more, but shoot great with no modifications.

 

[stacy]

I STILL HAVEN'T CHANGED MY MIND ON THE SAVAGE