Good all around rifle - The Firearms Forum

TheIrishMan · 10-07-2003, 03:26 PM

I am asking you you to do the impossible. Please suggest good all around rifles, but if you could, keep it 300 dollars or under??

Thanks peoples

DK76 · 10-07-2003, 04:10 PM

If your wanting a rifle for under $300 that will do nearly everything I suggest looking for used Savage bolt-action rifles. I have spotted some used for as little as $250 in like-new condition. Chambered in any moderate cartridge (.270, 30-06, 280, 7-08, .308, etc) it should be good for everything from small game through moose-size critters. Handloading of course makes any one of these cartridge choices very versatile. Savage rifles also are quite safe, reliable, and accurate. They may not be pretty, but they get the job done.

TheIrishMan · 10-08-2003, 02:36 PM

Thanks dude!

1952Sniper · 10-08-2003, 04:10 PM

I think the SKS makes a good all-around rifle. The 7.62x39 round is comparable to a 30-30 for hunting purposes. But it also performs great as a battle rifle, brush gun, plinker, you name it. It's cheap, and you don't have to baby it. Ammo is easy to find and inexpensive too. The fact that it's semi-auto is nice. For $300 you can buy an SKS plus a 1,000-round case of ammo plus some accessories.

Smokin Guns · 10-08-2003, 06:13 PM

Yep! Same as Sniper says, Go for the SKS!!! Your price range dictates it as the most versatile....

Dagger · 10-15-2003, 08:15 PM

have an SKS and love it, cant go wrong!

bigboom338 · 10-16-2003, 03:15 PM

Hey Iman if you are looking for a hunting rifle I would suggest a NEF Handi Rifle, they are a single shot break action. I have one and am impressed with the accuracy. They are a nice rifle for the money.

vonotterskull · 10-16-2003, 08:42 PM

I'm jumping on the band wagon here. SKS all the way. I have a Yugo and it's one of the best buys I've ever made. Everything Sniper said and a bad a$$ bayonet on the end.

10-07-2003, 03:26 PM	#1
TheIrishMan Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: My computer chair Posts: 6	Good all around rifle I am asking you you to do the impossible. Please suggest good all around rifles, but if you could, keep it 300 dollars or under?? Thanks peoples __________________ "I have heard that the Persian Army numbers so great, that thier arrows block out the sun" "Then We shall fight in the shade" "The Diffulculties increase the nearer we reach the goal" -->

10-07-2003, 04:10 PM	#2
DK76 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 61	all-around-rifle If your wanting a rifle for under $300 that will do nearly everything I suggest looking for used Savage bolt-action rifles. I have spotted some used for as little as $250 in like-new condition. Chambered in any moderate cartridge (.270, 30-06, 280, 7-08, .308, etc) it should be good for everything from small game through moose-size critters. Handloading of course makes any one of these cartridge choices very versatile. Savage rifles also are quite safe, reliable, and accurate. They may not be pretty, but they get the job done.

10-08-2003, 02:36 PM	#3
TheIrishMan Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: My computer chair Posts: 6	Thanks dude! __________________ "I have heard that the Persian Army numbers so great, that thier arrows block out the sun" "Then We shall fight in the shade" "The Diffulculties increase the nearer we reach the goal"

10-08-2003, 06:13 PM	#5
Smokin Guns Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: "Gun Culture Members Clubhouse"... Posts: 4,463	Yep! Same as Sniper says, Go for the SKS!!! Your price range dictates it as the most versatile.... __________________

10-15-2003, 08:15 PM	#6
Dagger V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: new york Posts: 52	have an SKS and love it, cant go wrong! __________________ Fire For Effect.

10-08-2003, 04:10 PM	#4
1952Sniper Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 5,138	I think the SKS makes a good all-around rifle. The 7.62x39 round is comparable to a 30-30 for hunting purposes. But it also performs great as a battle rifle, brush gun, plinker, you name it. It's cheap, and you don't have to baby it. Ammo is easy to find and inexpensive too. The fact that it's semi-auto is nice. For $300 you can buy an SKS plus a 1,000-round case of ammo plus some accessories.

10-16-2003, 03:15 PM	#7
bigboom338 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Dakota Posts: 399	Hey Iman if you are looking for a hunting rifle I would suggest a NEF Handi Rifle, they are a single shot break action. I have one and am impressed with the accuracy. They are a nice rifle for the money. __________________ "Aim Small Miss Small"

10-16-2003, 08:42 PM	#8
vonotterskull V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 86	I'm jumping on the band wagon here. SKS all the way. I have a Yugo and it's one of the best buys I've ever made. Everything Sniper said and a bad a$$ bayonet on the end.