Get it in .30-06 and you will be good to go for anything you apt to run into. They are a fine rifle and will last a life time. :thumbsup:

 

+1 - the .30-06 may not be the fashionable round right now but it will stop any deer, elk, cat or hog you will be out hunting. Not only that, it is readily available and not the most expensive. Check out surplus ammo for range work - helps keep the cost down.

 

is the thirty ought six the heavier barrel version? Most of the ones I see around are light barrel versions over here.

 

Reliable, simple, smooth, everything you could ask for in a woman, er, I mean rifle...

 

Bloodmoney, here's a couple of auction sites that are great for researching exactly what the market values guns at.

Auction Arms
Gun Broker

If you sign up with a member account (don't know if your location will be an issue), you will be able to search completed auctions to see what the guns truly sold for, vs auctions in process.

 

Thanks mate

The ballistics are all around better. And looking at the way ahead, they both do better against armor.

Ah okay, thanks.

 

Just FWIW, to my experience, having owned several older Remington 700 rifles (BDLs and ADLs), the worst I ever had was wonderful. I've owned them in .270, .30-'06, .308 and 7mm Rem Mag. I've shot others in .223 and other calibers. I've never seen one that didn't shoot better than I can. These were all either stock, out-of-the-box rifles, or with minor modifications. When I lived in Wyoming and Montana, all the hunting I did was with Remington Mod. 700 rifles, with the exception of some varmint chasing I did with a Sako Vixen in .223. Superb rifles.

 

nice. I want one!

 

yeah, I'm sure a stock model 700 can shoot just fine for any average shooter, how often are you going to be shooting 1000 yards?

 

Actually, the last Rem 700 I had was very accurate at 1K yds, out of the box. I used it at that distance several times and could judge my hand loads by it.

 

well there you go.

me personally could hit a barn at 1000 yards

 

Nice. I wont be shooting at 1k+ though so I dont really care, but even if I shoot close to that sounds like most 700's will do just fine straight outta the box.

On a tangent I wonder how sub sonic ammo and a suppressor would go on one of these puppies?...anyone tried?

 

I've never seen a Rem 700 suppressed. Just FYI, though, in the U.S., a sound suppressor is only legal with a special tax permit which runs US$200.00 and requires a special background check and permission from the local law enforcement authority. You'll hear it referred to as "Class III".

 

New Zealand does not require permits for the manufacture, sale, possession, or use of a suppressor

I guess cause we have so little guns in the country they dont care (yet). Basically the council is happy with them because less noise pollution, and the cops like em cause it generally means shooting with lower velocity ammo, so everyones happy really. They are commonplace over here, can pick em up pretty cheap too.

 

my bosses wife is from christchurch

 

Really? Whats her name I probably know her?

Heheheh kidding....

 

I doubt it, she came over in the 70's. I hear you guys put butter on everything:wink: