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BamBam wrote:You didn't mention price range, but how about a Mossberg MVP?

It's a laminate stock, so not really traditional wood.

http://www.yorkguns.com/mossberg

Not seen those before, not a manufacturer I had considered for rifles.

Sako 75 , 1-8 , if you can find one !

Action only, but has to be worth some thought

http://www.gunstar.co.uk/howa-1500-varm ... les/714211

BamBam wrote:You didn't mention price range, but how about a Mossberg MVP?

It's a laminate stock, so not really traditional wood.

http://www.yorkguns.com/mossberg

just put a deposit on one of these with my local RFD.the Varmint model. smile2

Paul101 wrote:
just put a deposit on one of these with my local RFD.the Varmint model. smile2

How much is the full price if you don't mind me asking?

Seems like they're all 1-9 twist too.

saddler wrote:Action only, but has to be worth some thought

http://www.gunstar.co.uk/howa-1500-varm ... les/714211

been looking at them are they any good ???

Dellboy wrote:

saddler wrote:Action only, but has to be worth some thought

http://www.gunstar.co.uk/howa-1500-varm ... les/714211

been looking at them are they any good ???

Yes very good and generally value for money too. The factory synthetic stocks if you go down that route are a bit too flexible for my liking but no more so than many factory synthetic stocks and a lot better than many. If I were buying one I would probably go for a laminated stock.

I haven't seen the Mossberg model previously mentioned but I would hope that it is better made than some of the awful cheap and nasty rifles that Mossberg have tried to sell which have been truly dreadful.

Whatever you get make sure you get a faster rifling that 1:12, because otherwise 55gr will be the heaviest bullet you can shoot.

I have had a Savage 110 FP for many years now (1-in-9 twist) and it has always shot very accurately.

Strangely Brown wrote:I'm pretty sure I saw an AR a few years ago at Bisley that cycled like a bolt gun??

Hmmm... Sounds like you could have been looking at a tube gun. They look a lot like the AR platform but are actually based around one of a variety of bolt actions, with or without a magazine (vid. http://www.6mmbr.com/gunweek054.html for reference.) I think that they originated over in the US to be more similar to the AR platform, as most long range shooters start off shooting highpower using an AR of some variety; however there are at least a couple being used regularly on Bisley ranges.

Cheers,

Gaz