ChalupaCabras
Expert
I try to buy American whenever possible. I love American products, and knowing that another American built my gun.
When It comes to rifles however, I find myself in a bit of a pickle. After my rambling, you may be asking yourself just what that may be. Lack of selection.
I fancy myself a Rifleman. Of all the rifles I own, only one of them has a scope. That rifle is a .22 thats dedicated to pest control and small game hunting in brush where the magnification is a necessity. Every other rifle I own for every other purpose is strictly irons only.
I would like to buy a new center fire bolt action rifle for general purpose use. here is where I run into problems.
The only current production American rifles with Irons are the Savage Euro Classic (hunter "G" models are discontinued), Remington 700 BDL, and Ruger M77 International. CZ makes a fine FS model, but its a foreign gun.
To make matters worse, I'm very picky. Not only does this rifle need to have irons, but because I will actually use them, they have to be GOOD! This rules out the savage, whose irons I do not like in the least.
worse yet is that I see i can get an immaculate condition Finn M39 with fancy grain wood for 1/2 the price of any of these. Can anyone help me out?
When It comes to rifles however, I find myself in a bit of a pickle. After my rambling, you may be asking yourself just what that may be. Lack of selection.
I fancy myself a Rifleman. Of all the rifles I own, only one of them has a scope. That rifle is a .22 thats dedicated to pest control and small game hunting in brush where the magnification is a necessity. Every other rifle I own for every other purpose is strictly irons only.
I would like to buy a new center fire bolt action rifle for general purpose use. here is where I run into problems.
The only current production American rifles with Irons are the Savage Euro Classic (hunter "G" models are discontinued), Remington 700 BDL, and Ruger M77 International. CZ makes a fine FS model, but its a foreign gun.
To make matters worse, I'm very picky. Not only does this rifle need to have irons, but because I will actually use them, they have to be GOOD! This rules out the savage, whose irons I do not like in the least.
worse yet is that I see i can get an immaculate condition Finn M39 with fancy grain wood for 1/2 the price of any of these. Can anyone help me out?