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AssaultTortoise · January 31, 2013, 05:20 PM

One of the farmers I worked with carried a SMLE and a tin of surplus ammo in his farm rides. If your looking for a cheap farm rifle that will see a fair amount of abuse $100 for a 91/30 nagant and $80 for 440 rounds of surplus is hard to beat. If its going to be thrown around and see allot of time behind the seat of a truck I see no need to buy new but that's just by .02. If its a personal rifle that will be used but taken care of new is great and you cant go wrong with a Ruger. If you have no caliber preference go to where you buy ammo and see what calibers between .243 and 30-06 they stock most of on the shelf as anything in-between those will do what you want. 308win is your best bet for ammo availability and new gun options. It will cover anything you want to do.

January 31, 2013, 05:20 PM	#6
AssaultTortoise Member Join Date: December 14, 2012 Posts: 39	One of the farmers I worked with carried a SMLE and a tin of surplus ammo in his farm rides. If your looking for a cheap farm rifle that will see a fair amount of abuse $100 for a 91/30 nagant and $80 for 440 rounds of surplus is hard to beat. If its going to be thrown around and see allot of time behind the seat of a truck I see no need to buy new but that's just by .02. If its a personal rifle that will be used but taken care of new is great and you cant go wrong with a Ruger. If you have no caliber preference go to where you buy ammo and see what calibers between .243 and 30-06 they stock most of on the shelf as anything in-between those will do what you want. 308win is your best bet for ammo availability and new gun options. It will cover anything you want to do.