Does any particular new rifle have a reputation for being the most durable? Just wondering.
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Does any particular new rifle have a reputation for being the most durable? Just wondering.
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<grabs popcorn>
This should be fun to watch.
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Durable how Greg? And how new?
Indeed. Grab your popcorn and a helmet, should be interesting.Originally Posted by sevenhelmet
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Curious - are you purposely trying to incite a riot? Must meet a sanction quota?
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Last edited by black22rifle; 10-29-15 at 03:32.
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I'm curious to see what the consensus is as well. Colt never let me down during my time in the service and BCM seems to be the most trusted/respected in terms of a no-nonsense "mil spec" rifle. I'm curious where Noveske and Knights fit into the hierarchy...
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I had several an old Ruger 77's including a 30-06 that I ran over 700 rounds through over 6 years that never misfired, failed to feed, or failed to eject. And it shot around 1.5 inches @ 100 yards every time I had it on a bench. Killed a lot of deer and just shot lots of targets with that gun back in my single days. Loved ringing a 6" plate at 350 at one of the ranges I used to go to.
Sold that gun to a buddy when I went to Korea. Miss that shooter...a lot, as well as a tack-driver M77V in 22-250. Have not owned recent Rugers, but the older models ran great for me.
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I have a Tikka T3 that I consider durable.
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Winchester 70 controlled feed hands down.
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Too bad you would not consider a sporterized 98 Mauser. That is probably the toughest bolt action I have ever seen. All machined from steel...no MIM or cheapo parts. Hard to beat the early Czech, German, Belgian and Swedish Mausers.
I also have a 1903 Springfield but really...it loses major points for the complicated bolt and flimsy 2 piece firing pin.
As far as new rifles go...the Savages seem pretty tough. However, I have not been able to crap out any of my 3 sporterized Mausers to warrant buying a new rifle.
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