TassieTiger wrote:Yes, I would buy another steyr - but only because of my other 223 steyr that has proven to me that they can make a fine shooting rifle.
If this 06 had have been my first steyr, yes, my confidence would have been slain - I agree. That being said - my complaints with the steyr, match very closely what another member is encountering with his light weight tikka 308...yet - he has chosen to accept that rifles accuracy and not advertise its shortcomings...another colleague of mine is currently trying to get a 270 tikka shooting better than 3 Moa and struggling worse than I ever was...so, should a person consider an alternate brand to both tikka and steyr as a result...
As a returning shooter after many many years away, before knowing anyone within the sport or what was going on in shooting forums or even attending a lgs - the first rifle brand that caught my attention was tikka...full page magazine spreads, huge MOA guarantee posters at gun shops, decals everywhere - got me asking the question about the brand - and yes, I quickly learned that they are held in high regard...it was predominantly reason that I bought one. Chicken or egg?
Would be an interesting poll for the forum...each member is given $2k to go shopping for a new deer rifle package. Vote for 1 of 10 packages ranging from westherby, howa, tikka, Mauser, axis, steyr, Remington, Winchester etc plus scope...would tikka be a clear winner with a $500 scope or would the Mauser m18 be a winner with a $900 scope or would the savage be a winner with a $1400 scope and 2 slabs of cascade draught?....someone smarter than me should set it up ?
interesting idea on the $2k deer rifle package , how would you assess it though ? not being a smart @ss or anything , i wouldn't mind being a gun writer and getting to do stuff like this though
. i already got my ultimate deer rifle but (ultimate to me anyway
) i bought a controlled round feed , madco barreled model 70 winchester second hand in 6.5 swede and topped it off with a leupold vx3 4.5-14x40 scope what it owes me is 2k and it shoots awesome . there's some great stuff out there second hand, and it can be a gamble , but i will never part with this rifle. You can get the sako A7 blued/synthetic for $1565 , so enough change for a reasonable scope out of $2k. i have a stainless one and it's a real shooter ,and the sako have a couple of features that i like over a tikka, easy top loading , steel mag lips , sako 85 trigger and safety ,and drilled for weaver mounts