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Saltydog235 · July 28, 2014, 10:52 AM

Tons of variables in the question. Just as many choices that fit that budget or well under.

Short or long action? Synthetic or wood stock? Stainless or blued? Magnum or Standard?

For all around everyday use it's hard to beat the offerings of Savage be it a 110, 10, 16, 116 or others they offer. Put a good quality optic on it and you're good to go within your parameters.

.243, .308, 7mm08, .260, .270, .280, 30'06, .270, .280, 7mmRM, etc. all will do the job.

Hard to beat a .308 since ammo is readily available and the performance over those ranges is good.

I'd look at the Savage 10 Precision Carbine in .308 and top it with a good optic from Leupold, Trijicon, Meopta, Weaver, Burris, Ziess etc.

I own one with a Bushnell 4200 2.5X10X50 #4 IR and it is a whitetail's worst nightmare until it gets pitch black dark.

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/

I'd recommend a Remington 700 but I'm starting to get a little miffed at Remington. I purchased a 700 Long Range in 7mm Mag from Buds back in May, they had sent their Remingtons back to the factory for the recall and I'm still waiting on them to send the gun back. Deer season is about 34 days away here and I won't have that gun ready for the season, good thing I got others to pick up the slack. Sucks too, because the first thing I was going to do was replace the trigger with the Timney sitting in my dresser drawer waiting on it.

July 28, 2014, 10:52 AM	#3
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 1,563	Tons of variables in the question. Just as many choices that fit that budget or well under. Short or long action? Synthetic or wood stock? Stainless or blued? Magnum or Standard? For all around everyday use it's hard to beat the offerings of Savage be it a 110, 10, 16, 116 or others they offer. Put a good quality optic on it and you're good to go within your parameters. .243, .308, 7mm08, .260, .270, .280, 30'06, .270, .280, 7mmRM, etc. all will do the job. Hard to beat a .308 since ammo is readily available and the performance over those ranges is good. I'd look at the Savage 10 Precision Carbine in .308 and top it with a good optic from Leupold, Trijicon, Meopta, Weaver, Burris, Ziess etc. I own one with a Bushnell 4200 2.5X10X50 #4 IR and it is a whitetail's worst nightmare until it gets pitch black dark. http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/ http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/ I'd recommend a Remington 700 but I'm starting to get a little miffed at Remington. I purchased a 700 Long Range in 7mm Mag from Buds back in May, they had sent their Remingtons back to the factory for the recall and I'm still waiting on them to send the gun back. Deer season is about 34 days away here and I won't have that gun ready for the season, good thing I got others to pick up the slack. Sucks too, because the first thing I was going to do was replace the trigger with the Timney sitting in my dresser drawer waiting on it.