Factory Varmint Rifle You Must Have?

[native hunter]

I had my .204 XR-100 pillar and compound bedded from the start by Dave Stendell of KOPJE custom gunstocks and have never looked back.
They are a top bit of kit.!!
Regards

[ogre6br]

What I want is---
Rapid Mk1
.20 cal
3x 12 shot mags
set to 25-26 FPE with JSB Exacts
G&R center dot or Mildot AG scope
Spare 500cc tank

A 8 litre CF 300 Bar scuba tank to do fills from

50 tins of JSB's
10 tins of CM's

and hundreds of acres worth of rabbits with a few cats thrown in to shoot it on- 20 mins from home

Pity that right now I dont even have the $$ for the air-fill let alone the AG itself

later
p

[AJ CJ5]

Is anyone going to mention the Tikka T3 Varmint? i am still deciding what to buy for my first centerfire and its looking like i will go the T3 varmint stainless. .223 or .22-250
Good price and good accuracy out of the box. (from what ive been told)

[trevort]

they are good, very good first rifle but not in the something to be aspired to category

[HiWall]

Tikka is a good, accurate & reliable starter rifle mate, no problems should be had if you get one - the guys here are not really 'Tikka People' though mate, more into the upper end and custom stuff as I am sure you have observed.

A 'dream factory rifle' for most here is one that can be pulled to bits, improved with new parts (lots of goodies available for Remingtons or Rem clone actions, played with for a while, then sold off so that another one can be bought and played with.

Shooters can be a strange bunch at times.

[Klicker]

I dream about sako making a left handed 85 action..

then I'd have a Sako 85 Varmint Laminated in 243 thankyou very much.. plant a nice little (and cheap ) nightforce 5.5-22x50 on it..

drooooolllll....

[Herbs]

Think I'd be happy with a Savage model 25 in .204 R with the thumbhole stock.

[woob614271]

Baer AR15 custom in 204Ruger; yeah, I know we can't have then here....

[Curtley78]

I would like a Sako TRG in .338 Lapua, don't think I will ever afford one though.

Perhaps my next project built upon an Interarms Mark X.

Then again I could just opt for a Remington.

All of these rifles are getting expensive, we now need another safe. No doubt we will have to soon dedicate an entire bedroom for this stuff.

[Sir Snipealot]

Think I'd be happy with a Savage model 25 in .204 R with the thumbhole stock.

There is one is one of these in Rehbeins at the moment.
I reckon it feels a little nicer then the thumbhole stock that I have in .17HMR, even though they are supposedly the same.
I think there might be a little more length in the butt, and also the cheek peice sits a little higher.

It is much lighter then the HMR. It would make a great feild rifle.

[dhv]

Sako 75 Varmint in 243 Win,
Optilock mounts,
Leupold 6-18 X 40,
55gn projectiles with a starting load of 3,500 fps,
Haven't worked up to anywhere near max yet,
Hmmmmmmmmmmm

[malcolm]

Well, I'll jump in here. Just received an email from my local gunshop. My 6.5 x 284 Savage has just arrived.
Now the hard works starts---- working up loads, trying different projectiles, experimenting with powders, benchrest primers or standard ?
36 x Leupold or 42 x Nightforce------ it all gets a bit much
BUT I LOVE IT
Cheers Malcolm

[Gunnie]

Rinso: in answer to your question -- twice half it's length.

If I could, factory varmint, a Savage in 25-06.

[Quick]

If its gotta be factory, perhaps the CZ 527 Varmint Kevlar in .243 topped with a Leupold VX-III 3-9x50 w/ M1 Turrents

If its a custom job Well, allow me indulge myself, please:
Remington 700 Varmint .243
Barrel cut at 22"
McMillian M40A-1 Stock
Leupold Mk 4 3.5-10 w/ M2 Turrents
Harris 9-13" Swivel.

Just what I think would be alright.

[Herbs]

Think I'd be happy with a Savage model 25 in .204 R with the thumbhole stock.

There is one is one of these in Rehbeins at the moment.
I reckon it feels a little nicer then the thumbhole stock that I have in .17HMR, even though they are supposedly the same.
I think there might be a little more length in the butt, and also the cheek peice sits a little higher.

It is much lighter then the HMR. It would make a great feild rifle.

You really, really did not need to tell me that. Soooooo tempted. Rehbeins isn't too bad, I bought a couple of .303s from Rob a couple of months ago, though his shop needs a bit of a refurb.